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ROCHE BATTLES BURNS ON ST. PATRIC,KS. DAY

whose death was reported January 9Th.
The price paid for Cyllene was. I'M
derstand, the big sum OF f26, 900. OF
course. Cyllene will have to fulfill his
this years stud engagements IN Eng
land. but he will be exported to South
America at the end Of June.
Cyllenc had a most successful career.
both as a race horse and as sire. a
chestnut colt by Roma Vista-Arcadia, 4
lie was bred by Mr.. c. D. Rose In 1898.
so that he is now thirteen years OF age.
j. FL. Martin. the American Jockey.
is again distinguishing himself in the
bob sleighing races at Davos 5Platz.
Steering his victorious Gazeka, he has
beaten record getting down the course
in the magnificent time of min. So
sec, which is a fine performance over
a course of two miles length, with
fifty-one corners In 1t, some OF them
requiring no little skill to take with
out an upset. The way Ciazeka whia
zed round the last tricky corner with =
out break elected the admiratlonNand
applause of the large crowd at the
finish. the applause being renewed
when the 4 min, 30 sec. was exhibited
on the board.
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ny RICHARD DAHLGREN.

LONDON, February 2o.--It is on to
Ireland for Tommy Burns now. The
American champion is to meet Jem
Roche. the champion of Ireland. at
the Theatre Royal. dublin, on st. Pat
rick,s Day, and all sporting Ireland is
talking of the fight. The demand for
seats has been most gratifying to the
promoters Of the match. I understand
that a number of the peerage and
pther society men have engaged seats
10 see the mill. and 1t is stated that
more than one lady Of high degree
Will watch the two Eladiators battle
Tor the worlds championship.
1t may be said that fight promoters
on this side Of the water are thorough
!y alive to their ability to charge and
receive big prices for an Opportunity
to see a worlds championship fight.
In recent advertisement of the
Burns-Roche go, i find this scale OF
charges for the Theatre Royal event:
State seats. f5 5s; boxes (to hold
3D from Els 15s; dress circle Is IS;
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suggested to whom ono or the other
of the fighters had no objection.
Among the men who We're suggested
We're lack McGuigan. of Philadelphia
Mnlachy Hogan, John Krone and half
q dozen Others who have officinted at
fights; but the fighters found some
objection to each one, and dead
lock was feared,
This fight will so far to clear up
the middle weight situation, Papke,
on form. should Win
1t has only been recently known to
the general public that Tommy Burns
has n brother who has pugiltstic aspl-3
rutlons. lie has taken the name of
Eddie Barns. and he believes that no
posse SEES the same tisEtsng ability as
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ANOTHER ENTRY
FOR BERMUDA RACE

BOSTON. MASS, February 29.--one more
race to Bermuda, this time u yacht in class
D. The boat entered is the yawl Chace.
owned by Charles a. Gabor, Jr., and repre-
Chace is 4e.4 feet over all. 29S feet water
line. 10 feet beam and feet draft. The
other actual entry in class is the yawl
Lila, owned by r. ID. Floyd, and the two
beats are of almost exactly the same size.
SO there shall be good racing between them.
The committee has also heard from Daniel
or Of the vawl Tamerlane. He saws tho
event appeals to him. and he expects TO go
In the race. but cannot make definite en-
when owned by Commodore Maier, OF the
New Rochelle Yacht Club. won the first
race to Bermuda, sailing against Lila and
the sIoop Gauntlet F7f.a
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BIG FIGHT FOR
alaska SPORTS.

SAN FRANCISCO. February 29.--Jlm JEFF
fries. who was made flatterins offer a,
few weeks ago by n syndicate of sporting
men OF Fairbanks. Alaska. TO take four
fighters from California to that city to en-
gage in twenty-five rounds fights for big
purses. has accepted the offer. and Is at
present trying to decide on what fighters he
will match up for the two battles. The
fights there are to be held In conjunction
with big carnival which Will be pulled off
there on July 4th for which $4,000 has
been raised for prizes. Ieffries is to referee
$4,000 Of this amount is to be paid out for
the two fights. Jim Flynn. the Pueblo
iieavyweight. and Abe Attell. the feather
weight champion. Will most likely be prin-
clpals in the two contests.
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his brother He has started out IN
the 145-pound Cor welter weight)
class, with the evident intention OF
making good. He is built on much
the same lines as Tommy. and those
who have seen him in training gay
that he gives every Indication Of de-
veloping into good material.
Jimmy Gardner and Harry Lewis are
to have bout In the near future
which is to be for the weller title.
AS they arc now two OF the best boys
in that division, there is Justification
for it. especially as Mike fTwln) Sui
liyan. who won the title from Honey
Melody, has apparently got Into the
middlo-weisht division, Judging from
his match with Stanley ketchell
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of Queensberry rules are to govern
the match. which is for $500 side.
a purse of f1,5OO. and the heavyweight
championship OF the world. OF the
purse money, so per cent. is to go to
the winner and 20 per cent to the
loser. Under the articles. the editor
of the Sporting Life" acts as stake
holder. and is to appoint Mr. r. p. Mat
son as referee as Well as nominate the
timekeeper.
One feature of the prize fighting.
game in France which seems strange
to English and Americans is the large
attendance of women at the matches.
In fact. they seem to be most enthu-
siastic witnesses of the battles At
a recent international tournament in
which an Englishman, George Moore.
fought Adolphe. Frenchman, there
were nearly as many women as men
present.
Paris may, by the way. solve the
American pugilistic color line ques-
ton. sam Mackey, an American no
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The Daughter Of American
Eclipse Was Queen Of "a
Long Distance Races
WON 1853 RACES
OUT OF 1911 RUN /
Unique Among Flyers, She Is
Only American. Horse Which
Ever Ran Five Four-N1ile
Heats in Single
Day, Finishing
First.
ny THOMAS NELSON CARTER,

-
Black Maria, wonderful mare IN
her day. although soon outclassed by
better horses. as is inevitably the case
IN the national evolution of horse-
flesh, was bred by Mr.. c. II. Hall. OF
Harlem, N. Y, and foaled on the 18th
of June, 1926. Her pedigree is one of
the most striking we have, she being
by American Eclipse out OF Lady
lLightfoot, by Sir Archy, second dam
Black Maria (Selden's Maria). by i'm
ported Shark. third dam-dam of
Vint'un-a celebrated race-mare, by
imported Clockfast, half-brother TO
Medley, by Gfmcrack, fourth dam Bur-
wells Maria, by Regulus. who was q
son of the Godolphine Arabian.
1t will be seen that she was much
inbred to Dtomed-her sire, Eclipse.
being by Duroc. by Doomed. and her
dam. Lady Lightfoot, by Sir Archy, by
Diomed. Having the Diomed blood she
traced to the best Eastern blood
through the Godolphin Arabian. Byerly
Turk, barley Arabian, etc. through che
best English sons of these renowned
sires.
or Eclipse. her sire, and Sir Archy
the sire of her dam, 1t need only be
said that Sir Archy was unrivaled as
the sire OF winners, while Eclipse was
equally unrivaled as a winner himself
Lady Lightfoot. the dam OF Black
Maria, was one Of the most distin-
guished racers of her day. winning
over twenty races, most of which were
four-mile heats. and was never beat IN
but once. except in her old age--her
eleventh year. and then by Eclipse.
General Wynn. her owner, said of her
ly"Of all the nags ever saw she was
the safest and best at any distance.
having the best and most uniform con-
stitution-being very fleet and OF the
most perfect bottom" She won l59
out of 191 miles run. 50
The second dam OF Black Maria WAS
Selden's Maria, afterwards called Black
Maria. She was prodigy in her day,
uniting great turn of sRead to in
domitable courage and LUr0A She ran
until her fourteenth year. 1Als mare
was purchased by Colonel rayloe and
General Hampton to run match
against Shark. Subsequently General
Hampton bought Colonel Tayloe's in-s
terest and won the match. Colonel
Tayloe. however, finally secured her
as a, brood mare, having bought her
for $500 from Colonel Aston, who
had her from General Hampton.
The subject of this sketch was pur-
chased of Mr.. Han by that sportsman,
Mr.. John c. Stevens, when she was
seventeen months old for $1,000. and
was owned by him during her racing
career. He finally sold her ut New
Orleans to the Hon. Bailie Peyton, a
a brood mare. for $4,000. She was
then sent to imported marlborough by
Mr.. Peyton, who Immediately pro-
posed a produce stake for colts and
fillies' foaled in 1889, to be run at Nash
Vile during the fall OF 1s4s. with
subscriptions of $4,000 each, $1,000 for
felt.
There were twenty-nine nominations
from the hest mares selected from
England and America, and when the
stake closed In January it amounted
to $145,OO0. Black Maria's foal headed
(rontinned On Second PapeN
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against Jack O'Brien. Bill Squires,
Gunner NOR and jack Palmer; also,
because Rurns challenged sJeffries Verb
ally at Los Angeles.
Light Heavy Weight--Jacl1 OBrien,
of Philndelphia, who Won from Ftz-
simmons. The title was not involved
whom Burns and o'Brien fought.
Middle ight--Clailned by Tommy
Ryan, hut he has not defended Ii for
scNe raj Years, Winners nt ketchelli-
sullivan and Pnpse- iSelly boIts should
fight fpr9the champlonship. "A
Welter 5NeightiSiQ p en 10 competition,
Horny Lewis and Jimmy Gardner best,
iss Light Wesght,5Joe G.,:s IL tlie ui,-
disputed Scllampion, MA In
Feather NNaight--Abe Attell is tiil
champion. AN iisggI NJ
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middle. IL stone pounds Cl5S pounds);
heavy, any weight.
These weights govern the fighting
game here, and there is little disput-
ing over weights. Perhaps the fight
ing men of the States might learn
something from this side in this line
even if the English fighters seem I'M
able to stand up against the American.
tits hardly likely that the challenge
of the American Intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association for an International
meet will be accepted by the English
universities. at Il recent meeting OF
the Oxford University Athletic Assoc
citation the question was discussed.
and it was decided to consult with
Cambridge concerning the challenge,
but the feeling in Oxford Is strong.
against accepting the challenge.
Going back to tho Burns Roche fight
it may be interesting for Americans
to know the terms Of the match.
The sporting Life" revised Marquis
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ENGLISH WILL SEND
= MOToR-BOAT ACROSS POND

NEW YORK. February 29.--International
yachting will centre principally this year in
the attempt 10 capture the British Inter-
national Motor Boat Cup. won last summer
By Commodore r. Schroeder's Dixie. The
cup. which Is sometimes called the HARMS
worth trophy. Ms 1t was originally donated
by Sir Alfred Harmsworth. holds the same
position among motor-boat enthusiasts rs
does the Americas Cup In the world of sail
Ing, yachts. The British Motor-Boat Club
has sent a formal challenge. The craft
named tho possible challenger Is being
built at the Wolseley Motor Company East
Cowes, Eng. She Will be tried out at the
International motor-boat carnival at Mon
AGO, and then brought to America.
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my JEEN TuONIpSON,

v NEW YORK, February 29.-Who are
The champions of the various lighting
divisions? That question is constantly
being asked, and it is hard to get any
Two men whose opinion is worth seri-
pus consideration to answer 1t in tho
same way, t s l3 rs
AS q general thing, i know no man
whose Judgment can be more safely
alaken on matters pugilistic than that
pf George Siler. the veteran referee
Here isshow hessizes8the thing MP;
Heavy Weight--Tommy Burns, be-
cause Ieffres has retired and because
8Eurns defeated Marvin Hart, who was
awarded the title By the referee, Jeff
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BILLY PAPKE SAYS lie
VIII PUT IkELI.Y TO SIZED

CHICAGO. February 29.-Biily Papke Is
50 confident that he will defeat Hugo Kelly
on March 18th that he says he is willing to
let Silyy Ferretti. Kelys manager. referee.
agreed upon. Papke declares. for that mat
ter, that the flight will referee ITSELF
He will accept either Malachi Hogan
John Krone. OF this city. but states that
many OF his friends Will not PATRONAGE the
faht II either of these men Is chosen.
Papke is at Hot Springs and Is working
steadily. He declares that after he disposes
os Kelly he will make match with the
winner of the Ketchell-Sullivln fight.
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bantam WeIght-Johnny Conlon. of
Chicago, Best bantam in the West. ana
twice defeated sid Murphy, claimant
of the title. X Il
I do not agree With SilerSas toithe
light heavy weight proposition. AS Il
matter OF fact, there really is no such
class. a man is either a heavy w eigh L
or he Is not, hut leaving this point
aside. / fail To see how any man can:
be champion al a class when another
man can and has whipped him at the
weights. Tommy Burns is as much;
entitled to tho light heavy weight as
to the heavy we ght title. S i also fat
Btpa $50 any right In Tommy Ryan,s
claim % the weller championship, AZ
man who can't. or Wont 4 ght for his
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sec; running, min. So Sec; cycling
and horsemanship together, 2 min. 10
Sec; total, 1a min. As Sec; time al
lowed 10 min.; time won by. min.
IL sec.
Tho date was September is. 1901,
and 1t was after five o'clock in the
afternoon when he started from the
railway bridge over the Tyne. Hav-
ing rowed his quarter of mile, he
sprang from tho boat into the water
and swan to laughs. After landing
he leisurcly fastened on his shoes and
performed the remainder of his task
In easy style.
Mr.. Radcliffe was also a good boxer
and president OF u golf club.
The horse breeders of tho Argentine
certainly are careless of expense when
1t comes to getting what they want.
The announcement Is made of the sale
of the noted sire Gyllene, who has been
bought from Mr.. w. Bass by the Ole
dc Aqua Stud in the Argentine, The
sale was effected through the agency
OF Lord Marcus Beresford, and Cyllene
Will take tho place of Pctermaritzburg,
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ALWAYS had a soItH SPOT IN MS heAft
for tho little fighter
While don't believe Terry ever will
come back SO as to be u formidable
factor in the prize ring, it is alto
gether probable that the clean, healthy
8out-of-door life Of u baseball train
ing trip will get him back to health
taguln, for which all OF his friends
will be truly thankful
4 After long discussion, which almost
Threatened to call off the bout4between
Bill Pnpke and Hugo kelly,a referee
has finally been selected and March
10th has been setsas tho dateGof the
lgh, re-
one OF the owners or the Milwaukee,
Boxing CLUB, who was the only man
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Cnlumhin,s Ney Shrll

NEW YORK. February 29.-Columbia'
new eiElt-oared shell has been delivered Mt
the Gould boathouse on the Hudson River.
1t is trifle longer. and the
bow is a little deeper. The most important
steel braces are used. doing AWAY with much
of the wooden bracing ordinarily used. The
boat Is consequently much sitter than the
previous shells, and nothing has been lost
IN lishtness. The four-oared she'll Will be
ready at about the time when the crews
are nut on tho water .t Us
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BLACK MARIA.
Sporting Letters

The sporting editor of The Times
Dispatch will gladly answer In these
columns any questions regarding
sporting matters. Communications
on sporting subjects Will also be
printed, and comments will he made,
Address Sporting Editor, Timcs-Dis-
patch.
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The recent death of that fine. ALL
round sportsman and athlete, Mr..
floss" Radcliffe, fecalls, perhaps, one
of the most remarkable sporting feats
on record, of which Radcliffe was tho
hero.
He was an exceptionally good man
in all classes Of sport. Wnens over
forty-two years of age. he backed him
self to run, swim, row. ride horse and
ride bicycle q quarter of mile each
event. and all within a quarter OF an
hour. He Won with something In
hand. The times in which the various
events were accomplished will long
stand as q record. They follow:
Rowing / min, 4S sec; swimming.
min. 50 sec; fastening OH shoes. 53
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title forfeits It by al tHe rules OF the
game.
Siler.
Y Owen Moran is again looking for
ffght. lie declares he has had enough
az the theatrical game and wants to
Cd back to his trade He Is u wise
boy. No man can keep up the stage
proposition and have any chance for
high pugllistic honors. Tho two will
no more mix than Will OIL and water.
& III understand Terry Nlct,overns
starts 5to-morrow 70 Join AlcGraw's
Giants in TEXAS and vii! train with
them FERRY always. was n fan OF tho
thirty. third degree, and Nc GrawS has
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LEWIs AND GARDNER
TO MIN FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

san FRANCISCO, February GA match
has been arranged which will decide who is
tile legitimate wclterweight champion of
the world. The fighters who will figure
IN it are Harry Lewis the clever Quaker
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city pugilist, and Jimmy Gardner. the sturdy
fighter. of Lowell. Mass, who has been
anxious to meet Lewis for some time. They
Will come together in a twenty-hve-round
brittle before the Colma A. z. on the after
noon of March 18th. They were signed up
by Matchmaker Jim Grohoth. and will fight
at 142 pounds. Billy Roche has been select
Ell to judge the contest.
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uarXnrl Cnacl,

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. February 29.---
After weeks of elaboration 1t was decided
to make another experiment with the foot
bal. coaching system at Harvard. and Percy
ID Haughton was named head coach.
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iparterre s2 IS; upper Grille (fulD II
is.
This is the equivalent of s27.5o for
a ringside seat and $3.50 for Il place
in the top gallery, and a7month before
the fight the lower-priced seats all
We're sold. 1t is confidently believed
that there Will not be an unsold seat
in the house on the night of the fight
This beats grand opera and indi-
Gates that British fight promoters
have nothing to learn along this line
from their shrewd cousins across tic
water
notice that there, is good deal Of
discussion and bre or less difference
of opinion in the States as to the
weights OF the different classes of
fighters. Here is the English scale as
laid down for the CHAMPIONSHIPS of the
Amateur Boxing Association which are
to be fought at Alexandra Palace on
April 18th;
Bantam stone, pounds (equal TO
ZIG pounds); feather stone GIG
ppunds); light, 10 stone Gao pounds)i
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gro, has gotten on several matches at
the French capital and is favorite
with the fighting public. Johnson and
the other American negroes who are
barred by the white fighters in the
States might find Paris profitable
field for while. at least.
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The crews have been practically Sc
lected for the Oxford-Cambridge boat
race, which is to be rowed April 4th.
AS they now stand. the crews are as
follows:
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King Edwards Colt, Perier,
Was a Close Second in
the Betting
VEN PICKED FOR
OXFORD.CAMBRIDGE
Blue Ribbon Rowing Event Will
lake Place on April 4tt-A
Paris Sporting Paper Claims
Tommy Burns as French {.
man, With Ger
man Mother.
ny nIcHAnD DAnLGRry.


Especial cable to Times Dispatch,
LONDON February 23.-Interest In
the next Derby is beginning to be man.
'iested. and some betting on the great
race has been recorded. In the early
netting Prospector seems to be slight
iaVorlte, with the Kings Perier second
IN the betting. Rush Cutler and Dial
getty also have received some support
ana bets have been recorded on Afonn
tain Apple.
The Derby appears to me to wear
more than usually open aspect this
year. for. apart from those above
named. such as Moreno, vamose. White
lIagie. Royal Realm, Sir Archibald
Eaton Lad and Lesbia are all likely
TO command liberal support. There is
also great tip for Bachelors Lodge
half-brother to Bachelors Button In
Ireland. whose owner. Mr.. Lowry has
already refused many tempting offers
1or him, though his book record is
nothing much to boast about.
From now on interest will increase
but 1t Will be some time before any
thing like reliable idea can be had
as To the probable contenders in the
race.
The death of His Majesty's great
~
pected. caused profound regret in rae
ing circles. Persimmon was in the
prime of his usefulness in the stud,
and bade fair to become one of the
greatest OF British sires.
For time after he broke his hip
II was thought his life could be saved.
and everything possible to accomplish
this result was done. Up TO the end
of last season Persimmon's get had
<x,4v A.
gregate Of $s25.0o0 were to their credit.
The horse was valued at 100000.
though of course he was not for sale
at any price.
Another automobile record has been
made. Fifty miles In SO minutes 5.7s
seconds was made by Charles Jarrett.
driving an So-horse power. at Brook
lands. Just fancy what an average OF
eighty-three miles an hour means.
The crews have been practically Sc
lected for the Oxford-Cambridge boat
race, which is to be rowed April 4th.
AS they now stand. the crews are as
follows:
J. e. Somers-Smith Magda-
lrn). bow
c. r. Cudmore tMagdaden).. IL
T.. Fl. J.. southwell (Magda-
lend $780,. ............,.. IL
a. e. Kitchin tst. Joints 4. i. oHs
A. G. Kirby (hfagda1en) $50. Is
A. G. McCulloch University. II:
III. r. Barker (Christ Church) II 10
A.. C. Gladstone Christ
church,. stroke .......... II
A. w. Donkin CMagdalen) cox.
CnmbrIdge.
Il. II. Jerwood (Jesus). bow. II
Il. S. Hornidge trrinity HalD IL
o. A. Carver (First Trinity. II
j. S. Burn (First Trinity).... IL
III. C. Baynes Qirst Trinity II w
e. G. Williams (Third Trim
'E w. Powell (Third Trim
ity) s...... ...t......-..... II
Nd. C. r. Stuart (Trinity
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Another automobile record has been
made. Fifty miles In SO minutes SIS
seconds was made by Charles Jarrett
driving an So-horse power at Brook
lands. Just fancy what an average OF
eighty-three miles an hour means,
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There were twenty-nine nominations
from the hest mares selected from
England and America, and when the
stake closed In January it amounted
to $145,OO0. Black Maria's foal headed
= -1C-ontinned IN 7second PapeN