Show horse borse brought D ro dd U 9 ht its owners eners a ru ne an investment of a trifle over which in the course courso of 24 years yielded a return of nearly may be considered tat fairly aly remunerative this ma was the experience of the duke of portland who cleaned up that sum with his fa favorite Torito horse st simon which died suddenly theother day at the age of 27 in 19 years his stock won a huge amount over in he headed the sire list with over frequently ia ahls earnings reached st simon simlon won several races as a 2 boar old and the next season carried oft off the epsom cup won the ascot goodwood and New newcastle castlo cups after which ho he retired to the stud choro his hie earnings for a long time exceeded a year it la is the opinion of manager hughey jennings Jenn lna that cobb of the D detroit etrola club is one of tho greatest base runners the game has haa ever known ill RO go on record with this assertion declares jennings and ill say more anore cobb Is a better base runner than kelly keelor keeler and mcgraw were eight or ton years year 5 ago cobb is ia the most uncertain base runner in tho the business con continued tinned jennings ayou you can never tell what he will do next the same methodical way la is not his hie one time he I 1 Is down sliding head first into the bag another time lt it as b feet first throws his body a dozen different ways anything to outwit the man who Is waiting to touch him with the ball M henri deutsch the celebrated balloonist lo motorist and allaround ar 0 und sportsman and patron patro a of sport Is attempting to organize tt a sort of 0 french honley henley week on the seine deine this sum summer nier between malson and Con connane flang there is a beautiful stretch of 0 river ilver which would bo be in every way suitable for sailing rowing sculling sc and motor boat matches M koutsch suggests a flower gala and thinks that the success of a river week so near to parts paris based on the english henley week would be assur assured od for some gome months back readers of the press and magazines have noticed that more cycle dealers are advertising their wares than has been the case in several seasons while this can be prop properly efly attributed to a revival of enthusiasm thusia sm la in wheeling manufacturers have been struck by the fact that an enor enormous number of anaw answers ers are coming in from fr orn business men and commercial houses who see ways and methods in which the bicycle tan can be used to further tho the interests of commerce in this american business men are somewhat behind their brothers in europe who soam to have adopted the wheel in a wholesale faSl aion while the use of a bicycle for the small shop shod or tradesman quickly suggests itself the fact Is that the largest english and continental stores now use bicycles as emergency vehicles with which to make |