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Show W( 5P0RT5 ANDnS k) RECREATION Hfjf The Premier Jockey. Tho premier Jookcvsh.n honor for 2102 arc. Iy common eo..sctit, awarded award-ed to Oiluin, UiMir.rn and Lytic. Horsemen arc not agreed an to which ii (hp bom Jockey ami therefore, arc But prepared in awn,, I the palm if dpremaoy, but tiny are united In Iho belief Hint tho throe In. In named arc the greatest trio of rider tho Amerl-ran Amerl-ran turf ban had In any una year. Karh if Iho Jni ki'vn named ha a largo nn 'I loyal r.,ll, Itiat which believe be-lieve him In bo iho li it t Jockey In thn country, ami onch nf iho ihroo artnlc t fullnwoi in . dually confident the t.iKk of deciding as between thorn la one not lo bo und. rtnkon llghily. Oilom n-1 in i u rs. inu.l llml ho In Hie mom inpnlilo an. I mou finished rlilor in America imlnv. Tin- Hiipimrtora of lloilforn point to IiIk ilimli, ami hi jcrtlo, persuasive style, which, when nr. a -Inn den, nnd It. In changed to riding of tho liio.t vigorous kin. I Tho West In a ui.it In Hiippurt of l.yno, anil ho has mi ni my of follower follow-er horn who liol.l last to thn Western fnlih In him. 1 1, 1. nn ha H.l.lon these many ont. ami mvor hi brilliantly aa thin n-uaim. Hr.u-rn wu a llml nf Inst sui-mi. iinil ili.l 111. i rlpon Inin tho full In.l.Mii,- (.f kin fiuno until this .:.i. I no inn U his plnro us the leading j... ,. of iho Wont securo but nr. nn.l unwind It with his splendid m.i I, In Iho last this son-ton. son-ton. American Athletic Team. Fl W. 1 1 jut liors. tialnor of tho Columbia varsity track team, ha announced an-nounced tluil l.o expo, la to tako to Knitlauil next miininor a toarn of Amcrlrnn track athletes to compoto villi the HthloloH of Croat Ilrllaln. Tho fl n h ii i i 11 1 mi.oiHS nf the you lure la uro. ami enough money fur el-pensca el-pensca ban nlroaily boon promUcd. Thoso whn no fur liavo boon r lumen to go anil lin have accepted, according to llJi-rlabiTK, are: Mike Sweeney, nobler of tho world roennl at high Jumping; Arthur Huffy, holder of the world's roeonl for the luo-yard daHh; Harry dill, allnrnuiiil A. A. U. champion cham-pion In l'.iuti; Frank M. Kurnly. bolder of the five-mile A. A. U. champion eMp In IWH: (h-nige I'.ary, tho weight thrower, ami Turn Koone acd Ed liuhbs, tho Huston sprinter. Deniea Backing American Team. Various Murle have liocn printed lo the effect thai Timothy I). Hit II-van II-van U the backer of the proposed Amorl.nii League bnll club to be k - t laintod In Now York city, and that Jainca ('. Kennedy In bia authorised roprcseiituilvo In in giitlntlnns with President I inn Jul num. When Mr. Sullivan was naked alKiut tho matter bo sold: "I'horo la absolutely no truth In the Morion. Kennedy la a friend nnd I think well of him, but 1 Co nut know anything Blmiit hla base-ball base-ball plaint. I am not the barker of a prupiiM'd Ainorlinn I.cuguo club, nnr nra I exerting liny Inliuonco to have the New York baseball club turn over Manhniiuii field "lo tho new league. I hiive i iilior muttera to occupy my mi. 11H..11 without getting Into ham bnll." Me.ide May Ride for Drake. New York ill. patch mya John A. Dralto him Hocurnl tho aervlrea of Jockey Tommy Meade to Inke the placo of l.tieb 11 l.yne. wlm has gone over to the Koouen : r next enon. Hondo ha ridden a good ih it I tho Unit two ecnMipn, mill r. curded aa a fair boy. Ho Ih a brlpht, well cducat- jocrrr- " A A 1 ' Sic ( J A d follow, and o K""1 n entertainer that be baa been on the BtuKO ilurlnu a part of hla career. Tltua Will Try Again. 0. 8. Tltua, the champion amateur oanman of Amorioa, will no to Henley Hen-ley net year nnaln to compote for the diamond (nils, thla time aa the tcpreac-ntatlve of the Atulunia Iluat club of New York. Ho waa elected a member of tbo club laat week. The Atalanta la, alnxularly enough, the oldeat rowing club In the world, although I la clalma to thla distinction were at flrat amicably disputed by the London Rowing club. It waa ascertained, as-certained, however, that although Rutland la the home of the rowing fcame, aa It la of the football, the Atalanta Ata-lanta club bad the distinction of seniority, seni-ority, having been organised In 1848, a few years before the London How-lng How-lng club. When this Interesting circumstance was discovered, the Englishmen I'm. k nu'rliiU for tho m. nilieri nf thn older oiKanliilloii nn.l al.i lusucil certlflcatoH of hononny niomberrhlp In tho nu mber of the Atalanta club. The Alalantas woie iho flint Amerl. can club to ue roirosonied In Kunipe -endlog a crow aeniaa In 1H74. Chlcago'a Champion Rifle Shot. William I). Stnmiari!. who won the Chloacn (Inn club' 1 liiiiniilnnshlp for a sosM.ii, I nno nf the ynunirest and hoM tnriiot nhooler In (hlengn. His lorceniaiie for the Kranon was lis 4. Ho ha boon phootliiR for evoral rnr. and tin taken part In mot nf tho larK'T kIi.hiIh hold In recent year. Hiantinrd' most remarkable i.orr.iriiiaiieo wns at Itaclno tin May 3". wlien lie citinlo H10 reonrd I . killing ll'i blue mck without a mln. There wire fortytwn rnnipotltnrfl ninonK thorn lllrs. hy. Hie Minneapolis export who won Iho (Irani! Amorlran bnn.lli np at Kaiisan City. He made , err rli William O. Btannard. aiinllier phetiniiieiuil score In tho snoot of thn I 'hi. ami (inn Club on Aug. 311. then lie mot at 22t Inanimate Inani-mate target, breaking 222, the lant 15Q being without a mis. Hlannurd has ato uitt.le nme exoi llent acoroa at live bird. At tho Illinois state shoot at 1'enrla In IH'.iil, which waa won by Crunhy, who killed sixty straight. Hiiiiiiiard's sixtieth bird fell dead Just out of Imutiila. Batting Peculiarltlce. Many a good hall player has been lost to taut emnpaiiy owing to the fact that be did tint do himself Justice Jus-tice at tho start. Young Murray of MnnchcHtcr, who wn given a trial by Chit-ago, looked like a criming player, but H.-lco n not satisfied with hi 111 and concluded not to retuln hlin. Jno Kelloy, the Cincinnati tuunagor, say In till connection: "You can't tell anything about a plnyor'a hitting anility In a few names. I hnvo seen l.ajolv go lhvo.11.l1 a whole aeries without a i-li'r.!e nit. and yet lie I ro-i-anlod a nno of the greatest hitlers in thn business. Why. when 1 llrt 1 sine Into the b!u Ioiikuo 1 wont Ihronuh my llml tllicn names wliln out a tilt, nnd yet I have always boon hitting over the ,:in.i mark since. I wo In I'ltthburg then." "Yen. nnd I remember that I went l.'iruug 1 eleven kiuiioh without making mak-ing u lilt, nnd I made twonty-acven Iho text week." added Mike J loll 1 1 11. "Ill tinier to give a young player a fair ihniico, be sliniihl be allowed to remain In the giuiio fur at least a l:iiilltli. Thla Is particularly true If l.e gels a bad start." "Peace Committee" Fall. After a meet lug between the "peace conimliteo" nf thu Huulhern League ol llasoliull club and the owners of li.o Memphis club 111 .Memphis. Tunn., it was aiinuuiK-ed tlint all effort to letilo the illfli ienc. a b-.'tween tho two InclloiiH bad full. ( I . .Mucin.-, r Kriink nf the Memphis 1 lull, say inn new l-'ouihern League as planned will bo formed lit once. Among th.iM. in.-ii; lim.-.l lor the pi est- iteliey are I'l esldellt lllekoy of the Vc:,irni A. . 1.1:1.111, und K. L. C. White nf Nii divillo. Pepper YtS'lings to Be Sold. The .. I. US 01 .liiu.es K. I'eppor, tllO j'roprictor ur I!:" M.-a lowthurpn i.tud, ...ur I.oiiIsvUIi. Ky . will not he aeon en the luil m M sca-un. Ilia ennio crop of yciu ilrr.s by Imp. Kautiil.a, M.-aduv. ihoi-po, and nine und the (iroy will be sold at the Kaslg Tlptott fcjles, tiigetlier with a niiuilier of his best brood mares. These liirludo Klyllteiie, du 111 of Klng'a Courier; Nalut, 1 1 a 111 nf King Barleycorn, Golden Gold-en Hoc. e. Hebiit and others. New Track for St. Louis. Negotiations have been closed for the louse for eight year of a 1 Oil aero tiaet known aa "Clark Place," situated situ-ated at the corner of Natural Bridge road and Unluu avenue, 81. I-ouls, for a sew race track, to he operated under the auspice of the Mound City Racing and Breeding aaaorla-tlon. aaaorla-tlon. It la proposed to have the track icady for racing before next May. Cornell Will Oo to Henley. It I atated that everything except the final atep baa been completed toward taklt.g a rowing crew from Cornell university to take part in the Henley regatta next year. No formal vote has been passed, but It Is taken for granted th'. the entry will be made. -'a |