The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-14

peuued up in European countries and unable to get home. There are se.eral valuable race horses in France that il will take q great deal of American money to get on this side of the Atlantic. Trscery is one of them and the man who would part with sl00.000 in the ccin of the country to keep his horse from being confiscated by France is August Belmont. of New York cily. The horsemen of that city have sent requests to European turfmen to brand all thoroughbreds with their names and certain other marks of identification that will make 1t possible to identify the survivors after the war and thus keep records straight.
 Onc-fourth of all the motor cars in the world are owned in the GOO registered cars in this country. Great Britain is second with 2500o0 and France third with 93,O00. Ac- covdng to the export manager of one of the large automobile manu- featuring concerns of New York, there is no outside country that of fers such promising field for the motor car from both a pleasure and commercial standpoint as does South Africa
 Yale is perfectly satisfied with Guy >ickalls. who succeeded in ti,ing Old Eli a winning crew against Harvard after many arid years and has been engaged to instruct the Blue eight next season. Giannani will be at New Haven throughout the year, while Nickalls will arrive there about October 1, for q period of six weeks coaching during the fall. It is not probable that Nickalls will enlist for service in England's war with Germany and her allies.
 There are several Yankee dashers who are a bit cut up over the pros pect that the European war will pre- vent w R Applegarth, the great British sprinter from coming to America this year, Howard Drew the colored wonder, is one of them. Alvah T. Meyer is another. Meyer is the best sprinter ever developed right in New York and he licked the Briton handily in the l00metre race at Stockholm
 Phoenix, Ariz., will make a strong bid for the grand circuit horses for it's s25, ,O00 race meeting early in No vember. Racing will be on the three heat combination plan, $500 for each heat, divided, 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent. the extra s2OO going to the horse standing best in the race. The state fair association will allow $50 on shipping expenses to trotters with records of POS or better on November 9, that start in the 2:O7 class or free -for-all and with same amount to pacers with records of 2:Of or better on the same date starting in the 2:O4 or free-for-all.
 Snowy Baker has about cleaned Uncle Sam of his best middleweights, and put them to fighting in Aus tralia for the title which is up in the air How the war will affect the plans of Snowy can only be imagined, but at last wiring, he had scheduled five bouts apiece for Gus Christie and Johnny Griffith. If Billy Murray goes over, Mike Gib- hoHs and George Chip will be the only one left to defend the title over here.
 Patsey Brannigan, one of the top notchers of his class, is warbling for a match with Bantam Champion Kid Williams. 'Whirlwind" Bran, nigan has fought $50 battles, never been floored and lost one decision and that to Johnny Kilbane. He Is accredited with fighting Johnny Kill bane. who was seven pounds heavier, to a draw.
 The Evansville Central league has signed Pitcher Cecil Ferguson, for merly with the New York Giants. Ferguson was sold last fall to the Vernon team of the Pacific Coast league, but refused to report and his release was secured by Evansville.
 The Dayton club has made ar engagements with President Herman by which Pitcher Fahrer, the star of his staff, is soon to report to the Reds for a trial Fahrer, is the man who recently held the Reds to no hits in a nine-inning game. He is right-hander.
 Charley Hemphill, veteran major and minor league player. released