The Coalville times. [volume], May 18, 1900, Image 5

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GENERAL' 'SPOKTING.
'' . CUnnENT tVENTS IN VAMIOUB
FIELDS.
krlaK Track flatcavea tor ths Slat
'' ( Kw York root tip a lilt Ham lo
v Jla Pipaadail la Ihe Improvaraaat f
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Harlot Track ll.jmae.
Ttia report of the New York Stat
Commissioners August llelnmnt, Bd
ln I) Morgan and John Bantord
t which wai presented to the legislature
n Friday April 6, In n document ot
mure than ordinary Interest to the
larlne unci breeding world In the In
rreaecd revenue which havo comn to
Iho agricultural aoclctle which nro
Uie beneficiaries of the stale tax of 5
per cent Heed upon tho gross ru
relpta of racing association the com
tnlislon belli ves la shown the marvel
on stride which hne been mule lu
the apart The report aayii In part
In the five year over which tho
term of tho commission oxtend there
has been paid In to the statu controller
tor distribution among the agricultu
ral soclotlc the um of $111 13001 A
nvlcw of this lax by yours will Illus
trate tho progress of rating In this
state In 11J& the tax was $35 220 71
Six associations held license that
rear. In 18W the lax was $50 003 10
and In that year only Ave associations
Ik lit liloctltin V license had been Is
" sued to the Saratoga association, but
because of local reaxiua It did not take
advuntago of II iillhouKh It hua con
ducteil meotlngs annually since In
1&7 the tax was (61 Ml 71 This rep
resents an nveriko annual total gross
receipts ol II ZU 550 1C
The commissi in appends a table
showing tho stoto tax for agricultural
societies paid In by the Westchester
llaclng Association was $57 913 03. by
the Cone) Island Jockey Club $87.
043 33, by the Ilrookln Jockey Club,
$15,031 87, by the llrlghton Ilench llac
lng Association 153 030 IG, by the
Saratoga Association for tho Improve
ment of the llrced of Horses $17,
J70SG and by tho queens County
Jockejr Club $20 300 2 This tax has
been paid In promptly, and goe In
gross Into tho hands of the controller
The commissioners net without com
pensation Iho only expense being the
rotary of sccretar nnd fees for touu-eel
No lltlitlnr In "Die trail la."
A dlspitch from Illcbmond Vn , dat
ed recently suys The newly rqvltod
and widely ptibllslud stall ment that
the lust Virginia legislature lrgallzcd
, prlio flghtlng Is an error The hill
passed by Ilia legislature chartering a
fair association which It I- Mli by
(omo, legalise prize flgh In the
iataWs; Judgment of all lawyers w been
ilmP Interviewed on tha suujoc u,x- not
M0gt , do so dipt W I) CHrdwe 'f Han-
-" ' "i our, who Is ono of the lending Incor-
n porntora, sajs such a thing aa having
prlio flRhls was never mentioned or
'I " contemplated ihe purpose of the as-
' saclatlou Is to revile the old state
, fairs Among tho pre lilons of the
act la one authorizing exhibitions of
strength and spied ot men or beast and
, all sports allawtd by law l'rlxo light
ing Is strictly prohibited tinder the
laws ot the state '
Tli Vi alter-Yteltlit tl.ainiilnn.
For many years tho nnmo ot My
lerlous Hilly Smith tins been familiar
to all lovers of the flitlc art, but his
features are not as well known to
newspaper readers lis those of noma
c; . fighters of lessor caliber Smith was
' " ,- to hate met Joe Walcott the black
demon," In New ork a week ugo, but
J' Illness prevented It nnd Andy Walsh
V took the place ot tho mysturlous one
'i' Walsh surprlsid Iho talent by his lino
f showing against the wonderful little
j-' negro1 Walrott and Smith hato been
, '' matched again for a 2. round bout bo-
; fore the llroadnny Athletic club on
Monday, May 4 Hilly ' has mot tho
negro on three different occasions, In
nlng from him once and drawing with
Mm twice Smith a real name U Amos
Euilth, and he halls from llastpurt M"
' MYSTEHIOUS HILLY' SMITH
lie la 28 joars old The Oloboa en
graving was reproduced from a copy
righted plcturo by Illchard K Fox
front In rslilblllous.
Somo of the big athletic clubs la the
metropolis have made immense profits
In holding boxing exhibitions under
tho llorton law Tho Ilroadway Ath
letlo Club la credited with an Im
mense Income tho past year Tho re
rolpta at aome of the big fights burn
doubled and tripled the amounts tak
en In at contests held outside of New
.York Tho JeSrles-rttzslramons fight
drew a $73 000 house and the receipts
of the Jeffries Sharkey go were $70,
000 exclusive at the return from the
pictures whlrh have brought In some
where In the neighborhood of $10 000
a week ever since the light took place
The receipts from other rights have
compared very favsrab!) with the
above The battle between McUovern
and Dixon drew $35000 Into the box
office and the one between McUovern
and Gardiner IJSIKHI The recent go
between Gail and Krne drew one of
the smallest crowds that a fight of Its
class has drawn In .Sew York recent
ly and et the receipts amounted to
$lOtio What the Income from the
numerous smaller lights was Is hard
to estimate but It would amount lo
quite n pile when od led together
limiu trlckalar Hermarlut
O II 8 Trott the once famous Aus
tralian cricketer who has for nearly
two years been an Inmate of a private,
asylum at Melbourne, Is said to be
showing signs of mental Improvement
lie recently played with tho asylum
cloven against an amateur tram an I
In forty minutes scored 98 runs, which
Im luded n 6 and no (ewer than twenty
4 s lie had n subs'ltulo run for him
In batting Trott enly bowled ono
ball with which so took a wicket, lie
captained the Australian trams that
played here In 1893 and lt3( distin
guishing himself In the former year by
bowling eighteen wickets for only 25
(1 HS TItOTT. ""
runs In the two Innings ot n game
played Oct 11 and 12 at Ilostnn, Mass ,
against eighteen of Massachusetts
Hint Men Alt ll.i.r.
Now that the llorton law Is dead In
New ork statu and there will be no
more lighting after Se.pt 1, managers
of pugilists are as busy as brcs laying
plans to make hay while the sun
shines It Is expected that a number
of big contests will be pulled oft be
tween now and the date on which, Iho
repeal of the law goes Into effect; A
well, known sporting iJan suggests
that If the following matches could bo
arranged they would create deep In
terest, besides enabling club managers
lo reap n rich hart est Corbctt vs
hltzslmmons, Sharke) vs Jeffrie Mc
Coy vs Choynskl, Muhcr vs Uuhlln,
Ityan ts Walcott and Hrnc vsOJIrlen
Kama TIiii llmnrda
James J Jeffrie tho champion
lieov) -weight has been lighting about
three car Tom Sharkey about six
years Hub Htzslmmons has been
righting over eleven yeeira Corbet t has
been In the ring since 18SC which
means fourteen years lo his crodlt, I'o
ler Mahcr. tho Irish heaty-wclght
champion has linen lit tho ring ttvclvo
years Diia Uuhlln has been In th'e ring
seven years, 'Kid McCoy began the
fighting business ten years ago, Joo
Choynskl has been lighting over six
teen years Hjracuno Tommy Itynn hat
seruovir twelve )ears of fighting life
lliluainau la III poil Arraa.
And now a Chinaman has broken
Into the price ring! Ah Wing a full
blooded Celestial who lives nt Auburn
Cal has det eloped const lernblo clev
erness ns a boxer und has defeated
all the men near hi weight who have
tltlted that town He Is 22 )enrs old
and tips tho scales at nbout 130
pounds An enterprising western man
ager It Is said will bring him east
this summer nnd givo him n try-out
Olli-r (imrlla( Matter
Tho greatest rowing contest of Kit
rope that betwetn tho Oxford and
Cambridge crews was won by the lat
ter this year In hollow style, a quarter
of a mile separating the contestants
ot the finish
Slowly but surely the nej.ro Jockey
1 passing out In the whirl und the
flurry of events ot the turf the most of
us hat u not noticed It hut it Is a fact
that the colored boys once so potent i
factor lu turf affairs are losing their
grip and wo hate not had a really
Kreat colored rider slnca Willie Hlmms
went Into tho ranks ot the has hcens,"
laments a turf writer
hdward Hinlan the tx champion
sculler of the world who Is now li
Ilotton says ot the aquatic sport Tho
coming of the Kngllsh champions will
create a stir on this side nnd particu
larly In Canada, where much Interest
Is still shown In professional racing
Aa regards the championship It will
dlo a natural death unless somebody
gets It away from fjaudaur who Is up
In the northern part of Canada and
will not come out I don t blame Oau
daur, who I In business there, but It
would be better for rowing It the
champion would come out and meet
the ambitious men as I used to do '
Tho best crop of wild oats usually
grows on the poorest soil
BrsaaiaarBrv9sasas)ajraaK'iii -V"i'JP,!mCZJTBBnBM
SOCIETY IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL I
Mrs, Dewey's Ambition to Become the First
Lady in the Land.
(Washington le ter )
On account of the announcement ot
kdmlral Dewey that he Is a candidate
lor 'the prosldoncy the namo ot Mrs
Dewey has becum- talked ot through
out the world kus Dewey Is no or
dlnary woman Kver since she cams
to Washington as a girl ot 18 she hat
Impressed herself upon the social lift
ot tho capital Oho has a strong per
sonsllty, and an Intelligence which
fosters ambition She Is one of those
Mrs Dewey there are few Mme lie
Staela to a century, but many persons
In Washington have enjoyed the hus
pltallty of the wife of the admiral
Since the widow of (ten listen wai
married to the admiral she has held
most of her ru options In the house of
her mother Mrs Washington Mclean
It Is a large house and much better
filled for social functions than the
house which tha people of tho United
Slates gave to the admiral
alrd a social uproar t tnklng prece
dente of other women of higher rank
at the presidents reteptlon She had
a reteptlon on hind herself, and, see
ing an o portunlty paid her respects
to the prrsldinl nut of order taking
Iho pas of several of her social riv
als Thru alio wei I lo her house and
received her own guests The (lermsn
I smbsrsnilur was n trifle lato Just a
l minute beyond the time which was
announced on her cards Tho result
sure In rooks, says Our PellowCre- E
tures. The supporting guys of this gl- IjsssB
gsntlo net, which In all rue Is si- koRB
most strong enough for n hammock, BMJEi
are from five to twenty ftit In length, I'aBI
mad ot a series ot twIsPM mtbn, th nsB
whole being of th diameter of a lead DR
pencil As might be Imagined, this QRI
gigantic silken trap Is not set for mo. sasHE
qilltoe files and pestiferous gnals but H3i
for birds gaudy moth and elegantly meII
painted butterflies some of tiei latter rJBli
having a spread of wing eqiml to that iffsssl
of a robin or a blitejay nVH5
,8NAI' SHOT l'ICTUItllH OK NOTAHLi: I'UtHONH OF WASIIIM1TON H
women of whom Washington soclttr I
beforo now has fait the power, Vtt-1
lngflicr gupcrlorlly to the maorfrV
th women who ' 'pe In soclil Ftskt,
she. has not t d to show btr con
tempt for mi a f "ns nor tor the
weak and faltenuj, onea The result
luu been that Mrs Dewey has mado
many encmlea In the social rlrdu ot
Washington, but that goes without
saying Wuthlngton society li '
itrnngo thing anyway and the Amcrl
can of ' the provinces has rtthtr hard
work to comprehend It hot lmttnce
tho other day n hostess who wti not
well versed In nil tho ins and outa
placed sldo by sldo ut dinner lbs lfo
of tho Austrian minister and the Hex
lean ambnsttaitor This good lady bad
forgotten entirely that since the Arch
duko Maximilian was shot at ijocrq
taro, Mexico thero had been a tend
between tho Austrlana and tin Mexi
cans, nnd officially these two nations
had never exchanged lntcrnllnnl
courtesies Bo thero was a row, and
that most sevcra kind of one lh kind
In which tho women lire the principal
movers
Mra Dewey Is too well tersed la the
society methods ot tho capital to nwko
a ' break ' like this but In u lunf '
clal career In Washington It Is Impos
sible thnt she should not li.it o angered
tome persons ami made friends of
others No woman with her strength
of character could do othcrwlie Aa
tho first lady of the land Mrs Dew
ey would havo au opportunity to pay
off many old score Mrs Deey la
not without power wu'iout wealth,
without brains without ambItlon-ho
has ihem all and with them a pleas
ing personality and a retention ot
good looks which also Is pleasing As
' W'nah' McLean daughter Miss Mil
dred Mellon may hate recclted tome
'snubs from the sot of people In tho
capital who aro known aa Iho Vest
clcnta " Hut her father and mother
were 'residents of a later growth
nnd Mrs Washington Mrletn has one
ot the finest nnd most hospitable
houses In Washington As the wife of
flcn Hnten, Mildred McLean was able
to repay twofold all the snubs that the
Mcl-eans had received when they first
ventured on tho stormy tea of Wash
Ington society And tho general was a
quiet body out of uniform When tha
general camo to New York and re
porters wero sunt to Interview him,
Mrs Ilaien sometimes was present
and then the general gave a talk which
was of Interest to et cry body and
harmed nobody Oen Hnzen always
trusted In the ability ot his wits
When It was announced that the
Widow listen was lo marry the ad
miral Ned McLean the young nephew
of Mrs listen said to n reporter, "I
toll you that Dewey It In great luck
(Dewey Just at this time was fresh
from th victory ot Manila ) Her
household will be a social and Intel
lectual csnter and a salon auch as has
not existed since the days ot Mm Da
Btael " Tho enthusiasm of her ntphtw
as not borna out by th "salon" ol
W ben th victorious Dawey rm I
back from tneJ.nUI,Jot.Mntlie ihera
.were many sTifmlnes ai to wib wimlil
'tie his bride It was not long beforo
tho fact wus decided Mildred McLean
Hazcn was the chimin one, and the
wholo country wished her good luck
The admiral had conquered Montljo
and Mrs Hazcn wns tho victor of the
admiral Mrs Dewey speak French
Herman and Italian Sho Is a sister
of thnt well known politician John It
McLean, who not long nJ,o was pro
prletor of n New ork newspaper Tho
Mcleans ninny have been ambitious
politically and socially and Mrs Dew
ey's brother mado a flnumlal success
out or a piper In Cincinnati His fath
er waa proprietor of tile paper beforo
John It but did not seem In havo Iho
financial ability of his sou John It
still owns tho Cincinnati paper but
tho paper he botikht In New York Is
I nin by other persons
Mrs Dowey has large gray eyes and
Iz of stout build Her ago Is between
l (0 and CO, A woman Is only nt old as
sho look Hecently Mr Dewey cre
ws ttlSt. wharuha tlltelluria,ilratt.l
tane.li.WTsm.lsfcaamtllitsri.taj
was" HriTnfofftiol TOluiraiimPoriti?
diplomatic corps over the matter, but
nuthlug camo nf II The ambassadors
could not pre Ihe case after Mr Me
Klnley hail explained the matter Mr
Dewi Is the best known woman In
Washington und hir family lonnrc
Hon ran supply many of the details ot
politics with h Ihealmlrnl will have to
learn Mr Dewey was a convert lo
the Catholic faith nnd now It Is an
nounced that she has been rrconvi rt
eil In the fsllh nf the Hplscopal
church
in RlUr VWb.
Ceylon Is the home of the largest
specie nf spider that has )it In en
made the subject of entomological In
vestigation this web spinning mon
ster lite In the most mountainous
districts of that rugged Island and
places his tiap nut u kussamer snare
ot airy llgblness but a huge net of
yellow silk from f.(e to ten feet In dt
anicter across Hie chasm and lis-
OX-HIDE TO88IN0 UY HOIilt SOLDIPIIS.
Hero Is a picture which shows the
Doers having fun In camp beforo Lady
mlth at the tlmo when tho siege was
going pretty woll their way As an
English correspondent lias pointed nut
"" popular tendency to ropresent tin
Doer as a "soldier saint' 'Is somewhat
without foundation In actual fact, for
the rough and rugged young burgher
ol the veldt Is about as boisterous and
uncouth an Individual as one could
come across The plcturo shows ono of
(bo Hot ra favorll uiuthods ot passing
the time while In laager This game Is
knpwn as ox hide tossing To carry
out the game a fresh hide Is taken and
held tight by a number ot men, while
one of their number Is captured and
placed on It Th victim Is then toss
ed up In tho air, ss In th schoolboy
fashion of blankot tossing" Some
times, It I true, a serious accident occurs
YOUNG MEN'S CHANCES HM
rvr 1 rulMilaaal Vfurk la MUaras, (SelS
Ar Nllau HMbW
lu answer to Inquiries by a lfew EElfi
York correspondent as lo Iho field fur IBk
American skill and labor afforded In UK
Nicaragua, Uunaitli "at Aim Lnt i u -ti nilT" lCUTHU.SB
rKil3!allVauttinsMtntorna,4HBFTHl
'HcTriWAf lfl(liernind vrotcWr lf -i-f
goternment and other schools In Nle- H
arngut, there la really no opening for H
our young grnduale Salaries bora H
ar IniluiMcant and custom so illf-
lercnt that Americans hire never M
proved successful The salary ot a H
prlnelp.il here I 30 peso or nbout H
J17 per month merlean physicians. H
and surgeons nro sucrsHsful here but M
mi part of the worl I Is more crowilixt H
with them than the large town nt H
Mrnntgua Hundred of the natlvrt H
young men stud) medicine In the Unit- M
eel States and return bete In practice Jt
They understan I belter their own ills- IH
cotes customs nnd people than a for- M
elgurr could ami the majority of tha H
peopl prefer Hum Dentists however, M
ore scarce and wheniver nil Mnerlesn H
dentist mine he ilo-s a mwi.1 business H
and ran charge remunerative prlic H
l.'nitlnecr of all kind are the must M
ktirccHful of any profcslon il men In H
thtaie tropical rcuiiitrus Very few mi- H
lite follow that vocation and most H
(if the engineers employed by the got- U
krnment are toritlgiiers An engineer H
alar) at the start Is ftom !iU lo 300 H
peons 1310 to 1 100 In United Hlutm H
gold) per month M
OOI.P WAS A KINO S OAMC. H
Jam4 I ur Inslanl IvniiiUI lha ylrtt H
ClaU H
Iho Itoj-al HUekhealh Oolf litis la H
the olilt golf club In Hngland and It H
also claims to be (lie oldest extsilnK H
golf club In lb world It wa founded H
by James 1 In IMf Fur Iwu oi thrcu H
renliirle before that time gulf had H
been a popular gunia lu ek-otlaiid jut H
there la iin r. cord or any iluli linvlng H
been establlnhiil pi I r tu ttia lllark- H
healh rlub In ltr.7 tin n nttlsli par M
llamrnt i !. I un m t Joining that M
fule ball anil gulfi b uiisrly crylt
iluwne nml tine lit loll A similar act B
was pisstil In May lib I The Hoyal fM
and Ancient (lolf dull at St Andrews assfl
Is ono of Ihe most famous In the king- BBC
Aim It was Instliuteit In 1761 a all- oBm
vrr cup having been plM)eil fur In tha BS?S
May ot that year In 1831 William IV f$
became patron of Iho club and up- ilsK
proved nt Its being In future styled jjfcj
' tho Hoyal nnd Ancient 'Jolt club of KtlTl
St Andrew and presented a gold ffiWfl
medal In U played fur annually, rf?W
Collier Weekly VfSS
Sat as II hliuull IK. Kjt
Chicago New The 1'arson Iarn iWl
to be content my good man The llttlo JEWS
moutlis are never sent without food to tSmft
feed then The Laborer (father .t hRj
ten) Ar, parson but tho isoulhs ara llvS
tent In ray home und the food to yours MM
fatlleuUr. Ilaalrad. H
Treetop "A dollar for pulling ono H
tooth f Duntlst "Yos, you took H
gs" Tree Lop How much a thou- H
sand do you charge for that?' liar- H
tern Life H