Show WORLD OF SPORTS I Newsy Turf Notes and Sparks I From the Diamond I Graphic Description of a Ball Fleht The Wrestling ilatch Williams and Dempsey This day the sun shown radiantly bright and every spIre and dome of tho quaint and picturesquo old town of Juarez Mexico reflected its glorious light Atac high noon the feast of the year begins which lasts from December till easter The tents are pitched on tho plaza and every available spaco does duty as temporary tenement for the thousands of natives who have congregated to do homage to their patron saints ana devote themselves to the attendant pleasures of this joyous season The chief attraction this day is tho bullfight bull-fight Tho men chosen for the fierce combat com-bat had grown proficient and expert by practice and with unabated interest was discussed tho first of the series of fights which would be inaugurated for the delectation delect-ation of the horde of hungry sportsmen sports-men Tho hour of 2 arrives nnd with great alacrity do the vast throng go trooping to the scene of activity Tho ampithcator which is a vast circle like a circus ring and surrounded by tiers of seats capable of holding ten thousand souls is a sea of upturned expectant faces the air about is heavy laden with the murmurs and occasional oaths of tho immense concourse con-course The master of ceremonies has taken hIs seat in tho box the band renders the most inspiring martial airs ttio mayor moves uneasily in his seat of honor und watches with anxiety the entrance to the arena the eyes of the spectators are turned in the same direction for now the sound of horses hoofs are audible and with a given I signal the procession advances The multitude mul-titude rise to their feet and cheer loudly The captain leads the van attired at-tired in fanciful regalia tho picador boys on horseback with their vivid decorations flanked on either side by the bandireeros present a gorgeous spectacle and delight the audience There The-re Iment array themselves in line bow low to the generalissimo thence to theau dlence At this juncture the bull enters rdm the opposite side the maddening crowd gazo upon him with fiendish delight That he is a most excellent specimen of tho bovine family but lends a relish and added zest to the cruel sport about to begin The beast looks about him rolls his big red eyes in every direction with a ferocious glare his every movement indicative of fierce anger like the hunted animal at bay paws the earth bellows with rage and now with an accelerated pace charges upon the foe The picador boys mounted upon fiery steeds their weapons decorated fancifully ully with tissue paper of various colors persist in prodding the bull until his Ire knows no bounds by one successful effort the bull reaches the horse and gores him the picadors leave the field vanquished and now it becomes the duty of the ban direeros to further the sport and by skill f ul maneuvrcs to place just under the skin an arrangement of decorated pine splint with poisoned fish hook at tho end of it The bull by this time Is crazed with pain his contortions his frantic efforts to annihilate anni-hilate his adversaries his increasing rage at each attempt is applauded vociferously by the heterogenous mass Now for tho combat the preliminary sparring has served its purpose the captain steps to tho fore a dagger in his right hand a crimson flag in his loft with which he further goads tho bull and hides his presence when necessary from the antagonist Intense excitement prevails pre-vails for the bull with a terrific snort advances ad-vances and sudden deaths seem sure but b y a skillful bound he springs aside In another instant with a welldirected blow ho has plunged the dagger behind the necK which penetrates the heart The bull lies dead at his feet the conquering hero bows and smiles to the vast multitude and makes his exit During this last part of tho performance per-formance so intense has the interest been that scarce a word was spoken as the bull parried lost or gained ground when contending con-tending with his adversary quiet reigned supreme Now that the climax is reached one wild hellish yell goes up from ten thousand tnroats and the air resounds with blasphemy and exulting expletives The end of tho bloody pastime which delights de-lights l the semibarbarious populace ha been enacted and is reckoned as the acme of perfect sportive display and the fulfillment fulfill-ment of courageous combat S R S Tufts From the Turf Of the seven horses that trotted in 210 three are stallions three mares and one gelding J J Conloy bought Campbells Electioneer Election-eer 21790 at Lexington Ivy for 815000 It is positive that Mike Dwyer will not race at Guttenberg but some of his horses will bo seen there Fair Lady dam of Bermuda has been sold to W O B McDonough of Menlo Park CaL for 12500 Albert Sbaw ana Edward Fell English jockeys have arrived in this country t o ride for Foxhall Keene William Pryor aged seventeen shot an ti killed William Lee aged sixteen at Lexington tid Lex-ington Ky recently Both were colore jockeys The get of imp Sir Modrod won 3359 O on the turf last season his largest winner being Sir Mathew who has 267S0 to his credit Williams the Independence Ia turf man is to build a new amphitheatre u t Rush park and a hotel in the centre of the cityThe The ancient race course at Epsom Eng land over which the Derby is run is u bo remodeled at last and a milo straightaway straight-away provided Budd Doble has accepted C W Williams offer for a race between Axtell and Aster ton during the August meeting at Independence Inde-pendence John J Carter of Nashville Tenn ha been engaged to act as presiding judge a t the spring and tho summer meeting of tile St Louis Jockey club Nearly six hundred entries have bee received for the 625000 futurity of the Kentucky Trotting HoreBreeders association associa-tion The race will take place at Lexing tonC C W Williams of Independence In owner of Allerton has backed out of the acreement for a big 20000 race at Gran Rapids Ho will not take Allerton away from home While in California Tohn E Turne tried to buy Sidney 21931 the sire o f Faustino Gold Leaf Fausta and Fro Frou for 100000 but could not The horse io without price The American Derby han been won as follows 1884 Modesty 1SS5 Volunto IbSO Silver Cloud 1SS7 C H Toad 1SSS Emperor of Norfolk lbS9 Spokaue 1890 Uncle Bob 1S91 Strathmeath A number of eastern racing stables will start for Chicago in May Owners and trainers who have been racing at Gutton berg contrary to the board of controls rules will find it necessary to move Fred Taral the jockey expects to net about 20000 for riding this season He ito s i-to receive 12000 from Walcott and Camp bell o000 from Mike Dwyer and ho hopes to make 2000 more by outside services ser-vices Tho latest in regard to last seasons double derby winner Kingman is to the effect that he will bo declared out of all his early spring engagements It appear lls that he went hrough the winter in good enough shape but being slew to recover from a severe blistering administered last fall it is now thought best to go slow with him until the middle of the summer thus preparing to reap a harvest with him in i the fall The National Game Tho New York clubs strongest feature is its pitching department Pat Wright will manage the Springfields of the IllinoisIowa league The salary limit of the MissouriKansas league is JGUO a month Jack Eaton will bo signed by St Louis to take Darby OBriens place Indications are that Burlington will b ell represented in the IowaIllinois e-ll league Ibo general opinion among ball players jh t is that Ewingwill not be able to play bend I hi be-nd tho bat tha coming season Each ono of the league teams is carrying along some dead wood which will be turned adrift before the season is over President Sodem of the Boston club has refused Manager McGunnigle permission to put a minor league club in Boston President C D White says that Philadelphia Phila-delphia will be in the eastern league The team will take the old name of the Athletics Ath-letics S P T Powers manager of the New York club says that he does not credit the report re-port that John Ewing has the consumption consump-tion tionNew New Hampshire is going to be the scene of a novel experiment A state temperance temper-ance baseball leaeue is to be organized with headquarters at I Dover Rock Island and Molino have formed all a-ba all club to enter the Illinois and Iowa ll-le ague The capital stock is Sd500 Harry Sago will bo captain and manager Some notion of the extent of the baseball business can b3 gathered from tho fact that the factories in Philadelphia use 100 bores hides a week to make covers for balls Pfeffer will not bo exchanged James Hart president of the Chicago club has received re-ceived a dispatch from T H Stucky ot the Louisville club stating that all negotiations nego-tiations for the exchange of Pfeffer were off offThe The Boston magnates are not inclined to release Mike Kelly to tho New York club Soden ana Billings offer no decided objections objec-tions but Conant has put his foot down hard He wants Kelly in Boston or a big prico for his release John Fogarty who it was feared was about to be carried oft like his brother the lamented Jimmy with consumption is getting along very well indeed He is living liv-ing quietly at 38 OFarrell street San Francisco He will play ball again next season Under the now rules a pitched ball hitting hit-ting a batsmans hand or forearm will be i considered a dead ball where formerly it gave the player his base This is designed to end the growing practice of deliberately getting in the way of pitched balls with a portion of the body injury to which can by skillful maneuvering be avoided to the unfair un-fair advantage of the tricky player and his I team |