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Atlantic Telegraph (Newspaper) - May 9, 1888, Atlantic, Iowa The Telegraph May How the race horse interest has developed in a wonderful records the Outlook for enormous increase in primes during the special april the july num Ber of the quarterly published in one of the most charming of English sporting wrote it is in the now that to in that racing the consequent improvement of hones Are making the most rapid Progress much As from the excellent Choice the americans make of their stud to incline some persons to the opinion that in Tho course of half another Century we shall have to go to Tho United states to replenish our own which must do generate if that of the most sound and most enduring Quality is transported to that when parole and subsequent to his time the Groat Iroquois and the Peerless pox Hall achieved their triumphs in England our British cousins were and some of the shrewdest observers of signs of the times be Gan to see Tho handwriting on Tho Wall in their but unfortunately for the glory of the american race horse the enterprising Pierre Lorillard and James Keene did not go on with then work of invasion for the reason that in the meanwhile Tho opportunities of making Rac ing profitable at Home had grown so much in number and value that owners no longer saw Tho necessity of a foreign expedition to gain adequate glory or financial How rapidly the american turf has grown May Best to judged by a comparison of the returns in the turf guides in 1877 and in ton years ago the total number of races re ported for Tho season was of which 82t were on the 45 Over hurdles and 35 the total value of All including added Money to was now in 1887 the amount of Money alone the clubs in the shape of purses and added Money to stakes amounted to a sum that does not include a single piece of plate or other object of value outside of actual nor Tho Entrance to excesses Over entered Price in Selling races included in the returns of with this amount the figures for 1887 reach the grand total of More than was won in England in 1887 and within a fraction of of the entire amount won in Ireland and in other the figures show an increase of More than a million and a half in ten but this increase is nothing to what Tut returns of 1888 will the Monmouth Park which last year furnished a total of to be raced already offers Over for the ensuing and by Means of special which will be gotten up As occasion it is fair to presume that by the end of the season at least will have been Given by this association the Coney Island jockey club in 1887 Bung up thus far its offers for 1883 already exceed and it is almost a certainty that its actual donations by the end of the season will surpass the Brooklyn jockey club in 1887 Hung up its offers this year will exceed the Veteran american jockey the most conservative of the racing Asso and which for years Back has made it rather a Point not to increase the value of purses or added Money to in 1887 furnished a total of for eighteen Days of this year it will be under entirely new which will be actuated by the modern progressive and As it will have to enter upon Strong Competition with younger it is fair to presume that by Tho end of the coming racing season to will have contributed fully 75 per cent More to the prizes of the american Assoc a the Western associations Are keeping right on increasing the value of purses and added Money to As Well As lengthen ing their so much so is this Extension of meetings contemplated that there will be several serious clashes in the Way of dates this the most notable being that Between Louis and it is impossible in the space of a Brief Arti Cle like this to More than allude to the proportionate increase of the value of the Breed ing where ten years ago hundreds of yearlings were annually thousands Are now and in Kentucky and which still hold their own As the Premier horse producing states in the Many of the leading raisers of Are now beginning to devote themselves entirely to raising and after All this Industry is far and above the most profitable of All in the Stock raising in bite of Tho increased Supply of race the demand keeps on growing even More rap sometimes made bridle Wim in and the next Spring he is led into the Sale and in another year he no one was quicker to seize this advantage than Tho and nothing would be less surprising than to see the Golden state assume Tho Lead in Breeding the thorough bred within the next five men like who owns Over one Hun dred and fifty Brood mares hag who is the possessor of Over three Hun dred senator who is going in on a scale proportionate to the number of millions and acres and half a dozen will not rest contented until they have pushed their state to the and when we consider Tho climatic advantages they have it is easy to see that it simply a question of a very Short time before they will accomplish their How the Speed of the american race horse has been developed May Best be judged by a glance at Tho new records made in a carrying 110 lowered Tho time for three quarters of a mile to this record was at on anything but a fast at seven Dwyer Brothers 3year ran it in at Sheepshead at the same track Browns 3year old Colt Stuyvesant ran a mile in the fastest time made in an actual ten Broeck still holds the record for the 5 made Louisville in was Mada in a race the Rathe track was specially prepared for the per where he All Tho advantages of hugging the rails and making the turns and where horses were inter Vals against him to encourage at a mile and a Furlong the 4yearold Grover carrying 118 ran in at los Dwyer Brothers Joe Ati Sheepshead reduced the rec Ord a mile and three sixteenths to pry the Winner of of cow Brooklyn Handicap last established the for a mile and a he did this at Tho Brooklyn track in the beginning of the and the performance is therefore All Tho Moro beyond this distance records have not been because on account of the number of races a horse is now called upon to return the number of contests beyond a mile and a and Tho number of starters for such events Are getting fewer and and be it remembered that these records were made by horses by no Means strictly first what a horse like the crack 3yearold of lost could have done had he been sent play the great struggle for Victory ii now under it will be a great sketches of two great Cofo and they Abb both Dander the Brooklyn record and the Way he the of nerve and cams brain to Good does the new York clubs Star method of pitching and the Way studios of the bos ton the a plug on Aud off the special new april season is fairly and lovers of the putting up their Money on their favorite the to Notrie induced him to leave Utitz and go to Mew Keefe opened the season of 1880 with the Albany but finished the season in where to remained until the fall of when manager Mutrie engaged him for the old of new it Wae while with the mets that Keefe became celebrated As a wonderful com Mand of the his Cool judgment in try ing made his name famous from one end of the country to the Keefe Wae known to have such perfect command of the Ball that he could pitch six bad pitchers at that tune being allowed seven Bod and then pitch the batsman out on he rot such a reputation that manager my who at that time handling the released him with Ester Brook and after Ward signed them for the new York Mutrie was so anxious to get hit prize that he took Keefe and esterbrook on a trip to Bermuda Ana the big walking match at the Madison Square the most prominent thai i was last and the Boston with the addition of Clarkson j Nell who la walking across a Long tramp ahead of variant note regarding fart the fighting Hen of the the oarsmen and borne other marvels of against or what such a 2yearold 03 who ran three quarters of a mile with 120 pounds up in on a Muddy could have done had he been it is easy to altogether the prospects for the american turf Are More than Brilliant for new acing associations Are forming All Over the the number of horses is increasing and the people at Large Are now taking an interest in the doings of race horses which in years ago could hardly be dreamed he year 1888 will be further signalized by be first race for the futurity stakes for at Sheepshead which will be Worth Over to the most valuable stake Ever raced for in the Charles and the average last year for yearlings was a Little Over prices running from for weeds to and for Brothers and Sisters to famous turf perform another advantage that the breeder o thoroughbreds has Over the breeder Trot ters and general purpose horses is that he Geu the returns on the investments so much the Trotter or the general purpose horse has to be developed and cannot be offered for Sale from two to four and Fly years after the thoroughbred foaled at any time in the Spring Between Bejta Faan to Halter Tabo on the the opening at Point Breeze will not place until californians believe that the Mare Jane and Arab can Trot a mile at the pole in the race meeting at Westlick Nash will commence on some 600 horses Are scheduled to put in an appear Tho Louis Derby and the Latonia Derby will be run for on Tho same May this is an unfortunate clashing of which can in no Way Benefit either Assoc a Abdallah Lias bought of a Lexington lady the Fine Brood Mare Bonnie by George dam by Bob he also paid to Percy Talburt for a 3 year old filly by the now 10 years is worked regularly at Cross country the next meeting of the new York state trotting horse breeders association will be held at under the auspices of the International on and Richard who went to the trouble and expense of bringing a Small stable of thoroughbreds from Mexico to this country last won Tho mexican Derby with his Colt to has three or horses now at Jerome Park that ought to do Well this especially the Fine looking Buzzard by the Victory of Tessa Hernes in the great at Tho Irish horses have scored another Conquest Over English Tho Winner is by Xenophone and was bred in Ireland by col Xenophone also sired Tho though he has done badly both this Bea ton and was invincible As a there will be a fall meeting at the Cleve land driving Park on september at which the following stakes will to trotted for Lake Erie for 2yearolds Blue ribbon for 3yearolds and Tho red letter for the subscription to each Bob car Theba a billiard rate War is raging in and the Price has been reduced to 20 cents per Schaefer and a few others tried to keep the Price up to co but a new billiard table pocket has in tented in England which terminates in on India rubber opening readily on a slight pressure of the thumb and allowing the Ball to fall easily into the Palm of the professor Lou Shaw has challenged Eugene Carter to a match of 600 Points a night for five in any Public Hall in the Winner to take the entire re or a division of three quarters and Vignaux won first prize in a Handicap Bill lard at the 14inch balk line played in his Paris cafe last there were five plot receiving of 60 Points 400 and their new presents a Strong just at present it looks As if these two clubs would keep close together in the front Jank during the in the american association the Brooklyn is much stronger than it was last the prospects Are that the leading association clubs will keep closer together this season than they did and of will make matters More Brooklyn great there is no doubt whatever that the Brook Lyn club has in Trobert Caruthers one of the greatest pitchers in the Hocer mainly deserves that title among the Ameri can association Caruthers release from the Louis club come but the Brooklyn needed his and consid ered him cheap at any the men have gone upon the Field with the utmost Confidence both in themselves and in his ability to deceive the opposing Caruthers if gets no matter How Bard an opposing team May Bat his pitching in one inning he will go in on the next with As much Confidence As though they had not Mode a hit in the preceding in to this cause As much As to any other can much of his great Success be Caruthers is a native of but was reared in where he first Learned to play Ball he is not a Large but is Well developed for his he commenced to play Ball with Amateur clubs in Chicago when quite Al most from Tho Start he showed a marked his great desire was to become a and he at once went to work with a will to Mas Ter the he gamed his reputation As a Pitcher in while with the Minneapolis it was while pitching for that club that president von Der Ahe heard of and when that club disbanded the genial Chris signed him for the celebrated Louis it was in the fall of that same year that Bobby made a Good impression on von Der Ahe and the Louis and foreshadowed the great work he would accomplish the following his wonderful work during the sea sons of with the Louis in helping to win the championship of the american has made him famous in every portion of the Globe where the National game of baseball is Caruthers bos a very deceptive combined with considerable he has also a faculty of using his head in studying the weak Points of each which helps to make his pitching besides he is a Brilliant a Fine batsman and an excellent base he is also a reliable every Day his since he joined the american has not been surpassed by any other at the beginning of this season Caruthers made a demand for his release from the Louis but it was refused it was thought that he was Only but it was not Long before president von Der Ahe found out that Caruthers was in and that be meant what he said when he told him that he would not play with the Louis club this it was then that von Der Ahe began to listen to the propositions made by the Brooklyn and when a suitable figure was named the Deal was As Caruthers is an intelligent gentleman As Well As a first class Boll player he is wherever to he has already made Many friends in the City of new Yorks Star Timothy of the new York is undoubtedly one of the Best pitchers in the profession he does not simply rely upon the number of curves or the great Speed that the Ball can be sent Over Tho but like any other makes a study of each Batman who comes up in front of with a full knowledge of All the arts of his he tries to deceive that and his record of the Post half dozen Yean or More will Tell How Well he has Keefe is without question the Superior of All pitchers when it comes to twirling the and that is All that can be asked of any being perfect in one position is far better than trying to till half a dozen others and making a failure of Timothy Keefe was born in like All other men of Bis he began playing Ball with Amateur his first clubs were in the Vicinity of it was seen almost from the first game he played that he had the making of a famous Ball it was until the season of 1875 that he made Bis professional during that year he played with the in 1876 he was signed with the our boys of but the next found him installed in the Westboro Keefe began the season of 1878 with the Clin but finished the season in he remained with the Utica until they were Gible to be that rip will soon be forgotten by either Keefe or nor in by Mutrie As the trip was stamped upon his memory by the american to which the mets fining him for Tho trick he played on the rest of his co whether the change front the american association to the National league had any effect on Keefe is not but it is cer Tain Keefe has kept on steadily improving until he is now As near perfection As any Man can get who undertakes to master the Art of pitching a Ball Keefe can play a very Good game in the although he cannot be called a Brilliant As he is not very Fleet he play a Good game at first and in Case of on emergency could give satisfaction on the initial Keefe is not what might be called a reliable but when he does happen to meet the Ball squarely he sends it on a Long Mission to the then again he cannot be classed with such men As Ward or Ewing in running the of the Detroit says Keefe in my one of the great est pitchers that Ever tossed the he has a slow drop Ball that puzzles the batsman and no other Pitcher seems to be Able to get then he has the same easy and deliberate movement for his Swift Ball that he has while pitching his drop this is puzzling to the and makes Keefe a wonderful his slow Ball keeps a coming All the yet it seems As though it will never reach the Home while the Swift delivered in the same passes Over the plate like a i certainly think the new York club possesses a rare jewel in Tim Keefe is considered one of the handsomest men in the besides being easy and Graceful in his and special new May six Days walk ing which will take place Here next beginning the promises to be a bigger affair than the one which ended on february and which attracted so much attention All Over John has been and this to be a for the among the entries Are some of the most prominent in the but just Sullival wired to men big card manage our new York of Ore Pitcher he he William until the Gnu car when manager m i a few remarks about what done on the Bostons new William promises to be a Good he is engaged by Boston from the Paul club for he was born in Louis in he was a member of the a in o us Cambridge City amateurs of where he began his during the season of 1885 in pitching Twenty six games he lost but t to and averaged fourteen strike outs per Sowders played about two weeks at Zanes Ville in the Spring of and through Park his Man Ager for got an engagement at Minne where he finished the Al though in a weak and far behind when he through Bis efforts it finished Well up with the his most remarkable feat in pitching was against the Oshkosh club in when he struck out ten men in having an assist to first on the eleventh Batter and striking out the Sowders is not Only a but a fielder and Strong the Rule changing Bock to three strikes will be a great thing in his base Cunningham is Likely to prove a useful Pitcher for Billy Nash so far has shown up Strong at second base for the who will win the the question which is bothering the baseball Crank just Clements is the heaviest Man on he weighs 210 the Washington have released Catcher and he is now free to sign with any club he the Toronto club has released the left handed experimental Pitcher from Pella and signed Silas whom the Pittsburg club was thinking of Boston bos a promising Young Catcher in to weighs 190 stands 5 feet and is not quite 21 years this is his first season As a the rules of the Washington club in regard to the use of intoxicants provide for a Fine of for the first for the for the third and Block list for habit Ual new Yorks Young Slat Foster and have made extremely favourable impressions upon metro Politan baseball and Tho general opinion is that if new York with tha infusion of healthy fresh win the pen Nant this it never the Cincinnati club has never yet passed a season without at least one Philadelphia player on its pay at present three philadelphian draw their semimonthly Sti pends from the Cincinnati Serad and Kappel Are the three players who Regis Ter from Tho Quaker a Good nine could be made out of the As follows Balti 87 86 first second 88 third 87 Short left 83 Cen Ter a to right at present George Little the English attracts Tho most and is a favorite for first walking Are almost Asun certain As horse and it is hard to predict who will be the it is not improbable that Tho record of 621 which Albert made Here in will be Albert was easily beaten by Littlewood in Philadelphia last he covered 669 and it is stated that he could easily have made a much better record had he been Littlewood was born in England in began running when he was 0 years by winning the half mile sensational Handi Cap at Queens to Helcl the Astley Belt for three successive races in among the other entries Are pan Hughes and the first three Are Well but the letters record is comparatively no one is better known As a six Days pedestrian than John John hails from having been born at tip on june he is a solidly built with a great Chest and is 5 feet 7 inches in his first six Day race was in new in when he failed to reach 400 Peter Panchot hails from Michigan and has a farm in Hastings formerly he was a United states mail Carrier in Minne he has had Good Success As a and in 1880 he made a record of 541 Miles 805 Yards at Madison Square in the lost walking match Panchot pushed Al Bert pretty but he fell off the latter part of the the australian Baldwin great special new May propped australian trip is exciting considerable in Terest it has been says the sporting to select men for the trip who can not Only play but can make their effectiveness and skill Felt in Cricket and football matches As Well base Ball will be the stronghold of the Combina but doubtless Many a football and Cricket game will be played in which our Ball players will be expected to uphold the Honor of Broad Leigh spa dings Advance who interviewed in Chicago a few Days says he has arranged for tha use of the grounds at Melbourne and other prominent he says that the boys will open their eyes at the australian Cricket there is nothing like them in this the grounds in for were equipped and Laid out at a Cost of about of our Sydney is a remarkably Beautiful sur passing both Chicago and new York in the architectural grandeur of its Public and com Mercial it is constructed upon on area of land extending into the1 the har Bor being enclosed by islands and of Tho main land that completely shelter if Back from the business Center the country rolling and Emliy ground Feito Atid wonderfully magnificent paries Are maintained at the peso of Tho and the Street railway cart Sarry people direct to the Cricket perhaps there Are no two pitchers in the country who have achieved More celebrity than lady of the and now of Tho the Fine work Clarkson has been doing for the bos tons since the season opened has if to his lady Baldwin is a Stra lady Telic and has also done much to help the Detroit club hold the undisputed claim to the worlds Champion the that he4 is called lady is that no other Man in the country out Side of Bon Butler looks really less like a lady than Bald Baldwin has Good command of the Ball and also plenty of when he is in Good condition and feels like playing he is a terror to Tho Bat when he does not feel that Way to is Only a terror to his Clarkson is a Pitcher of great and when he was with the Chicago Many people thought he was the real Back Bone of the club when an son was not with Boston seer a to have an excellent Chance to capture the Pennant but you cant most Al ways sometimes Tell Boston hot been playing great Ball theres no doubt about two or three Par ties have claimed the credit of bring ing Clarkson out As a Pitcher and and the right one was not Tatj one Wuo gute Clarkson his first lessons in says the Boston and gave him that instruction which bos formed the basis of his was Tom the famous Pitcher of the Boston team of 80 and the Sun says the new York club has made a Brilliant showing in its opening the cause for which is not very the club is a Good one so far As Fielding is but they dont Bat with any de Gree of when they get on a ditch or they Bat him in shape but it is not often they do they Are like a lot of when one or two makes a Start with the Bat they Are All sure to there is some truth in but when the boys do play they play As if they were Guerrero is a magnificently proportioned runs with a free motion and a style which is very although a fast lameness is and pedestrians who have met him in struggles Over the Tan bark say that he is an easy Man to defeat when driven to a hard Daniel Herty is also a finely formed and runs with an Graceful which attracts much applause from the rowing base Charles of and Wallace of have signified their intention of taking part in the great International regatta at on Jane Mollie King is the name of an oar woman at who is out with a Challenge to Row any female in Cincinnati or Newport a two mile race on the Licking River for oarsman John of has sent out a Challenge to James ten Eyck to Row a race at that place memorial Day for a ton Eyck to allow Joyce fifteen seconds Start in three ten Eyck will not concede the Hosmer and Ross will Row three Miles Over the course on the near May for a purse of offered by the James Young mens Catholic Temperance the Yale University Crew that will meet Harvard next june will be made up As Fol lows Wilcox Gill Stevenson Hartwell Corbin Woodruff Carter Cross Thompson sub Brewster and John the makes the startling announcement that be will claim the championship of the world after May modesty is not a characteristic of the average professional the proposition made by of the Point of was of course acceptable to the representatives of Teenier and Gau and the race of May 80 will accordingly be rowed while the course will have three of As arranged when be articles Wen drawn philadelphian Ore wincing under the fifty cent manager Watkins says the Louis club will not play the Ball in june they Are play ing Worcester expended in fitting up its grounds and grand Schoeneck is considered the handsomest Man that Ever played Ball in Blakely is doing the pitching for lady Baldwin this season displays bad temper in losing of has been signed by the Lowell Dave Orr is playing in better form than he bos since the old mets won the championship several seasons Fred a Pitcher of the Chicago is pitching for hot Helen Dauvray objects to her husband be ing called Johnny she says his name is Montgomery the Cincinnati management has received a flattering offer for the release of one of their but refused to let him Mike Kelly is playing a much stronger game this year than when he was Handi capped by the empty Honor of the Boston players Are All said to be anxious to have Radbourn Back in the manager Morrill feels confident that Nash with a Little More to one the Best second basemen a the to is also perfectly satisfied with buttons work at it is said that there is not a club in the new England league with an expense account below per of the last season pitched six games against the Pittsburgh and lost but and that the last game played Between the Detroit and Pittsburgh Dunlap asserts that he received half of Bis Purchase Money from and that this will make Bis total income for the season from Ball playing it is beginning to Dawn on the lovers of Pittsburg that their club Baa a number of first class base Carroll and Dalrym to will All they use lots

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