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have been organized and have proved so
successful that only the other day a new
one was launched at Cherokee. which will
take In Sioux City among other towns
Horse raisers as well as horse owners In
Iowa have found that their interests are
advanced all along the line by these associa-
lions. and an impetus is given to the rails
ing Of good stock that IL OF great benefit to
the state at large. Local rivalry over the
merits Of their horses has keyed the Iowa
stock raisers and farmers up to a high
pitch OF enthusiasm, according to the
papers, and the state is getting a great
deal Of free advertising among the promi-
nent magazines devoted to the horse and
outdoor sports generally.
All of the other cities which are members
of the Nebraska Speed association are anx-
ious to have Omaha organize an association
which would be strong enough to pull of
successful meets With two strong cities
as Omaha and Lincoln Offering large purses
the class of horses which would be at
tracted to the state circuit would be raised
and all the state would benefit. Lincoln is
to have a splendid meet in connection with
the state fair and with Omaha following
suit with a good meet the best would come.
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All automobiledom is agog over the COM
ing automobile show which will be held at
the Auditorium April & 8, 8 and Z, and the
dealers have been bestirring themselves
and hustling the factories until nearly all
the show machines are on hand. All the
space in the big Auditorium has been taken
by the manufacturers and the exhibition
promises to be much more interesting than
was at first anticipated. The manufac-
turers gave the dealers to understand at
FIRST that little help could be expected from
them, but this has been changed and all
were finally anxious to get in the swim
Many Of the smaller manufacturers wanted
space and some were accommodated, but
the space was limited and only given to
those machines having agencies in Omaha.
Hordes Of dealers from the towns Of the
state are expected to be on hand as well
as many prospective purchasers.
With Characteristic promptness the Union
Pacific Shop Base Ball association is all
ready in the field. The boys gave their
second annual ball last week and swelled
the treasury to an extent to make them
self-supporting for the coming season.
Practice has already begun on the shop
diamond. The lineup Of the team will in
clude Eddie Clair. Joe scully, Fred Brad
Caseys and other we'll known amateurs of
last years team. In addition there is a
lot Of new material to be tried out ana
the indications are that the shop team this
year will be much stronger than last sea-
son, when they ranked high among the
amateur mines Of the city and gave a good
account Of themselves against some of the
strong teams out in the state. ]. A. Buck
is manager of the team this season.
| Several needed improvements have been
made at the Omaha Field club and some
which were not needed, but were made
rather to suit the tastes OF some of the
members. The east porch near the kitchen
has been enlarged and enclosed so It may
be used as a sort of a summer kitchen to
help out on room for the kitchen. The bar
has been done away with and buTet
built In the corner Of the room to take It's
place. The bar boys will be enclosed, but
members will not be permitted to drink
from the bar, but will have to sit at a
table and be served by walter Some OF
the members did not like the bar feature,
did not like the idea Of lining up before
the bar, so this feature has been done away
with.
The bowling league will have finished
It's season this week and then the. prin-
cipal interest in bowling will center around
the two-man contests for the city cham
pionships. The first half Of the two-mau
tournament was bowled last year and now
the finish will be taken up. Besselin and
oBrien won the first half and will make
a try for the second half, although the
councilman is a little out Of practice. In
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highest individual record for the two
years. Frush now leads with Dad Hunt.
ington second. The boys are still fan.
ming over the games at Louisville and
all sorts Of excuses are offered, the prin.
clpal one being the style Of alleys, as they
were highly polished and the boys tried
all kinds OF new schemes to make the
balls roll right, with the result they die
not roll their games at ALL although max
ing a better record than the Gunthers Of
Chicago.
Charley Comiskey, "Old Commanche,
owner of the Chicago White sox, who Il
personally In charge OF the division Of hi
forces which will play In Omaha on Apri
and 8, tells this story OF how Franz
Isbell came TO be transferred from frs
base to the field. 'Isbell was raised up II
the Jack pine country of Minnesota, along
side j. Adam Bede." said "Commy" "Al
they raise up there Is children and pota
toes. lsbell was manager OF starch fac
tory one winter and in the keen rivalr!
to contract the next seasons supply 0
potatoes he engaged TO pay a good pric
for all tubers delivered at the factory a
certain time. Later on, when a bll
crop developed, the price OF potatoes fel
away down. When this happened Isbel
was on the road with US, and his stock
holders had started a suit which wouli
bring him back 10 Minnesota II he wa
served with papers, II finally got TO tn
requisition stage. and the governor o
Pennsylvania was the recipient OF q hurry
up note from the governor Of Minnesota
About that time we were 10 play an ex
hibition game on an on day at Eas
Liverpool. o. was put wise TO the pres
ence OF the man with the requisition, an
also to a way to beat II until we eouI
get away, East Liverpool has the onl
: base ball diamond where It Is possible I
} play in three states at once. II is locates
on what they call state line corner Firs
base, Isbell's position, was in Pennsylvania
! but left field is in West Virginia and RICH
, fieid in Ohio. So we struggled Izzy' ont