, "711k K WW i THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY, JAlNXTART-6, 1890. V v II Lv '' - Middleton Talks About dEs Famous Trotter, Jack. IDOBLE'S GOOD QUALITIES. JBeTeral .Battles Arranged to Take Place at San Francisco. THE SPORTING SEWS OP THE DAI A. George Middleton, owner of the famous trotting horse Jack, is in the city. He Snakes some very interesting statements .about his horse and trotting generally. $' Several -nrize fi"hts hare been irransred to sSptalce place at San Francisco. British sport ing authorities speak lnghly.oi John bplan. George Middleton. of Chicago, owner of e famous trotting gelding. Jack, is stop- Ing at the Anderson Hotel. He is on a ibnsiness trip to this city, and he is urohahly lone of the most enthusiastic patrons of trotting and trotting horses in the country. Uf course he is proua 01 tus game ana wonderful little trotter and, dbtless, he has a right to be, because Ja'ck is the best breadwinner on the track. His record has ten so often published in these columns, ;that it would be unnecessary to repeat it again. However, the gray gelding, if all jjocs Trell, will tackle the grand circuit , again or else participate in special races. During a conversation on trotting matters renerally, Mr. Middleton, who is one of the jnost affable of .gentlemen, said: THE FAMOUS JACK. "Jack is now In California wintering under the care of George Starr. Mr. Doble believes that It Is a treat advantage to winter horses there, but Jack will not start in any races out West. I take Mr. Doble's ,J advice on these matters because I deem him the best judge in the country. He does not believe in giving a horse a lone Test, hut tells his men to keep them going a little every day. 1 heard him say to Starr: ifow, clve Jack a regular exercise at a 2a0 calf.' That really keeps the muscles and joints '.of the horse all right, Mr. Doble will co out 'there himself in the sprinc and I think he will remain there until he ifcrincs his string East. He has a remarkable &) string of horses in his charge, and he can look j GREAT Our house has 'been known for years in this market as the LEADER IN THE LINE OP LADIES' PINE MUSLIN AM) CAMBRIC UNDERGARMENTS. Since the inauguration of our great January Sales, some years ago, we have not said much in the papers about this branch of our business, having gone along quietly selling quantities of these goods. The merits of our several makes, from the best manufacturers in the country, being such as to hold the trade we have been building up in the sale of these goods. "W"e, however, now propose to make a slight departure from this line of policy and still farther enlarge our trade by extensive advertising, so that those of the readers of this paper who do not know, as well as those who do, of our large lines of these goods, may be induced to give us a call, and see for themselves the facts we state. The special sale for this January commences' TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, and will continue all through the month. The display of 25c, 50c, 75c and 98c goods will be made in the center of the store, where the ribbons have been shown; the finer goods will be seen in the rear part of the store, in the regular department. hi -- l! This'jeing our No. 1 Gown, at 60c, made of a good, fine, heavy Muslin, with tucked front and 1 Bleeves. Neck and sleeves trim med with Hamburg- embroidered ruffla Sizes 32 to 42. i! MI M Efft 1 ill I i lliill B 1 1 '1 1 1 IrSw i 9 ! 1 ! 1' rcF?i if I ' S I IMS! iXITPJTn iMJiffl 'JiJa? M Ml SB Wm iSi sii m mi M Itpi Ura HIl H ur No. 2, Mother Hubbard Gown, tucKea and embroidered yoke. Price 65c. 9Pr, ix 3 Gown is our 75c errade. in ' white muslin, two or three styles. nNo. 4 Gown, 98a At this price ifSSrA nlinw Rise to eiffht stvlfiSL Plain .. .. . , T. .TOCKea yoKes, emoroiaery and lace .trimmed, in Muslin and Cambric. HORNE & -?!" after them. I am certain that there is not money enough in America to cause him to. act dishonestly. He may make a mistake; in fact, he says he has made several. However, John Splan said to- me one day: 'People 'talk of Doble driving a poor race, why I have never seen him drive a poor heat.' Personally I think that if Doble and Bplan were up behind two horses equal in all respects, Splan would be as good as Doble. At any rate, I would not like to have Splan, under the circumstances, on an opposite side to me. WILL CAMPAIGN -AGAIK. "Oh, yes, Jackwill again be before thepubllc this year. During the two years 1 have Bwried him he has won for me 23,000 In purses and stakes, and I feel confident of his winning thousands more. I make this declara tion and will stand by it: Jack can beat any horse in the world to-day in a series of races. There are horses with faster records than his, but he can down tbcm in a bard fight. He can start at one end of the circuit as a iree-f or-all competitor and beat any horse that starts every time he does I mean he will heat any horse oftener than that horse will beat him. Be is a natural trotter, so much so that if his feet -would stand the test he could trot without shoes. He needs nothing to bal ance him. He can go as smooth as oil. -There is another wonderful feature about Jack, He can campaign right through the circuit and re turn home as bright as a new dollar. Of course, Mr. Doble is also proud of him, but Mr. Doble is a very cautious man. He never ex presses himself so extraordinarily confident about a horse's chance of victory as to lead its ownerto plunge. I have cone to him and asked: "How is Jack to-day?" He would say: "Hike him to-day, Mr. 'Middleton, but so and so is speedy and is cnlng well.' This is a good qual ity of Mr. Doble. He doesn't raise himself and declare that he'll beat everything in sight, and finally wind up by beating nobody at all. He is conservative, and never underestimates an op ponent" . THE EAST ON TOP. Mr. Middleton was asked his opinion as to the comparative merits of the California and East ern horses. He said: "I think the Eastern stock can beat the Western fellows hollow. In the far West they are good in dress parade con tests or exhibition races. Some of the horses there can make extraordinary time when there is nothing to bother them, but I don't deem this a good test of a horse. 1 want to see a horse come out and meet others in a race and beat them in the severest of struggles. A game horse, like a game man in a Sght, will stay, and be will hang on like grim death. If ho comes out all right he is worth all those dress-paraae cus tomers. It really is coming to a question as to whether these exhibition affairs are to be the moans of testing a horse or whether good races of six. seven or eight beats, everyone of which is contested every inch, are to be the test. I think the public will go in for the lat ter: certainly the horses that win these kind of races are made of the material that we all want. I feel certain that it Sunol were to come down here and tackle Axtell in a rattling good race that SuUol would be badly beaten." Mr. Middleton went on to say that trotting races are increasing in popularity all over the country. "There is more honesty on the track to dav than ever, although blemishes crop in occasionally; there is more wealth, more edu cated people, more first-class horses, better protection for the public and honest people, and certainly all of these improvements must JANUARY : MUSLIN : UNDERGARMENT No. 5 Gown, 81 25. d M4m Awn jrf.ASSKffs No. 6 Gown, $1 50. No. 8 Gown is our 82 quality. At this price we have a number of styles, all the best values. No. 30 Skirt, price 50o, is a well made garment, good heavy Muslin with a wide tucked ruffle and tucks above the ruffle. Lengths 36 to 42. 1-. gWHA lA ssm&!iasri rs tn wmmm'i Blip m hi to mm 1 1 ft til IS. . iiW 1 jwTJTItWi mean that trotting is better in all respects to day than it ever was in the history of this country," 4 WHY HE SW0RB-0FF. Catcher Jack O'Connor Delivers m XJttte Temperance Argument. CiScmKATi, January 6.-Jack O'Connor, .the good natured catcher of the Columbus team, has been in the city for several days. He ran over from St Louis and is having a good time among his old Cincinnati friends. Jack called at the Snqulrer office last night "You know bow my hands used to puff when I was with the Reds," said O'Connor as he held up his two bunches of rather badly battered "fives." Well, look at 'em now. I can catch all day and they aro as good when I quit as when X commenced. Do you know what used to make them puff when I was here in Cincin nati: Well, PU tell yon; nothing but beer. I used to 'blow oh? all the way from 15 to 20 glasses a day, and then I was as soft as mush, I conld'nt stand anything. Old booze had me going down hill fast and It was a case of quit drinking or go to the stable. When I sigued with Columbus last season I stopped drinking on the 2Sth of January, and did not touch a drop until late in November. I don't drink any thing now, and don't intend to. I will play with the Brooklyn .Brotherhood Club next sea son." "How long will yon be here this timer" "Until next Thursday, when I will go to Col umbus and see some of my friends. It is hardly likely that I will go back to St Louis this win ter. Ted Sullivan is organizing a team to play at Jacksonville, Fla., and I am going South with him. Bug Holliday and Mark Baldwin will go with the same team. Off to Europe George E. Smith, better known as Pittsburg Phil, sailed for Europe yesterday afternoon on the Etruria, "accompanied by Robert E. Aiken and Isidor Mehrbach, of New York. All three are followers of the races and great lovers of the sport A jolly delegation of New York sporting men saw the successful backers of race horses off and wished them a pleasant and prosperous trip. Pittsburg Phil said that ho expected Garrison would accompany them, but they had seen nothing of him. At Garrison's house, in the morning, a servant said that both Mr. and Mrs. Garrison were out and nothing had been said about Mr. Garrison going to Eu rope. Pittsburg Phil said that it was the in tention of the party to visit the principal coun tries in Europe, return to England to see tne spring handicaps, and then sail for home about the time the legitimate racing season opened. JVcto York Sxm. Stern and the Brotherhood. To a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter, on Satur day, President Stern said: "Candidly I think the Brotherhood is not as strong now as it was a month ago. I honestly bejieve that by July 1 there will be nothing left of the Players' League but their abandoned parks, John Ward and. a few very mournful looking backers. There is one feature of this Brotherhood squabble that I do not understand. It is beyond my compre hension why such a level-headed player as Buck Ewing, who saves his money, should join for tunes with a long-chance organtzatiomwhen he can get $7,000 or even more to stay with a rock ribbed organization that has always met all of No. 31 Skirt, price 75o. Embroi dered ruffle and tucks. We have a number of styles at this price. No. 33 Skirt, wide embroidered flounce and tucks, 08c This is our great leading price and we have any number of styles at this popular price. Lace and embroi dery trimmed. No. 34 Skirt at 81 50. Deep flounce and 15 rows of tucking. Quite a number of styles at this price. No. 35 Skirt, 81 75, in a number of stylea No. 36 Skirt Deep flouncing, tucked, with inserting, yoke band, 82. At this price we have some entirely new things; lace trimmed, also, with embroidery, also a hem stitched flouncing; a very ohoice style. Passing to the finer Skirts we do not exhibit cuts, as the goods must be seen to be appreciated, being entirely new style of all lace and embroidery, and combi nation of lace and embroidery, ranging at prices as follows: 84, 84 6085, 86, 87, 87 60, 89 eaoh. WARD '.li;rii .- --, its obligations. There -are few men in the coun try that would throw up such a princely salary to join fortunes with an organization that at best is but experimental." beitisb: opimon op splah. How the Famona Trotting Bono Driver Fare With the Critics. The appearance of John Splan in England has caused the British sporting writers to com ment considerably on American trotting horses. Tho following is the opinion of "Pendragon," Henry 'Sampson on the question: ''Mr. John Splan, the American driver who Is now witching the world, or that portion of it which affects Olympla, with a phase of noble horsemanship hitherto unknown in this country, has sent me a copy of his book, "Life with the Trotters." This is kind of him, as it is issued in Chicago, and therefore scarce in London; bnt not so kind as he thinks, for I had already, and with great delight ex hausted its pages. Early this year Mr. Walter winans, of London, Brighton, the Scotch crofts, Wimbledon, St Petersburg, New York and other centers of sport and civilization, lent me Splan's work, and I therein read all abont the author's early strnggies and experiences; all about Barus. the first horse to trot a mile in 2 minntes II seconds: all about the pacer Johnstone, who has dono 2 minntes ( seconds, and all about Mand S, and how she was taught to become as she still is, the holder of tho trotting record 2: The book is extremely Interesting to anyone who cares for this branch of equine pastime, which somehow or other cannot get a hold in En gland among any beyond the minor shopkeep ing classes aud those who are still lower so cially and pecuniarily. Beside what Splan him self has to say, there are & chapter by Budd Doble, one of America's best and brightest drivers, and three chap ters by'- T. J. 'Dunbar, great as a trainer of trotters. The last time I saw any trotting was in the neighborhood of Chicago, and, though nothing wonderful was done on that day from an American viewpoint the show was very remarkaole on the score of pace, style, and, above all, order and decorum, to an Englishman whose previous experience had been gained solely in London's suburbs. The Messrs. Winans have in Brighton probably tho nneststua oi Kussian ana American trotters known to this country; but these are Blmply kept for private use, and no one of them is ever likely to be seen sat Alexandra Park or its rival enclosures. In the .United States of America the galloping races do not attract a Briton who thinks he knows something of the turf. The tracks are made of dirt the riding is rotten (and bad rotten), ana tne wnoie Dusiness seems out oi gear, though there is no end to its pretentious ness. Quite different is Jt at the trotting, where one cannot help being struck by the thoroughly business-like and to the manner born way in which arrangements fit in with one another. Also a stranger cannot help being knocked at the expert knowledge displayed by onlookers, and at the way in which even tho ladies put the clock on every time the signal is given lor starting, and discuss probabilities of time to be made while a race is progressing. Trotting is par excellence the American sport; its every detail and its remotest possibility are thoroughly well known to the American crowd; and this it U which makes Mr. Splan's book such very good reading." To-Morrovf' Shoot. The Northsldo Gun Club will have an all-day CHEMISES. No. 1, Chemises begin in price at 25c; not a common, trashy artiole, but a good material and well made garment All sizes, 34 to 44. No. 2 Chemise, 40o. Corded band; plain, but made of an extra good muslin. No. 3 Chemise, 60c, made of good muslin, embroidery and tucked trimming. No. 5 Chemise, 75o. Tucking and embroidery; very neatly made. Na 6 Chemise, V shaped, 98o. No. 7 Chemise, square neck, 98o. In this, our leader, price we have at least a dozen styles, one out of whioh we give only. Both lace and embroidery trimmed. Na 8 Chemise, 81 25. , 1 . '1ftii V.JiP'.l".; W ' ! W I V a Aw "mVi ! i ,.i,i.iiff Vii jpff sygy VJjtfogff5py owl fafif RilUI)lUsJ li 1MB" V?k iHk. b HIS 5S& lH HI III lin w 1 II1HHI m KSS r It tit I ra8fiM 1 w fS slBt shoot to-morrow at the grounds on the electric road. There will be eight contests and each will be at clay birds. Tho entrance fees range from 60 cents to JL All ties will be divided. Lunch will be served by Colonel Floyd and music wfll be in attendance. 'PBISC0 SP0ETING GOSSIP. Interesting Pointers About All Classes of Poslll.ni Oct West. San Fbancisco. January 6. The California Athletic Club have made arrangements for the battle between Die Weil1, the Belfast Spider, ana holder of the Police Gazette feather-weight champion belt and Billy Murphy, the feather weight champion" of Australia, for a purse of 51,800. Weir's hand was examined by a physi cian appointed by the club, and they have de cided that he must meet the Australian on January 13. In the glove contest between George Mnlbol land and Billy Griffen, George Le Blanche was referee and awarded the battle, at the end of the tenth round, to juuinouanu. urinen naa decidedly the best of the encounter and Le Blanche was hissed. The glove fight between Connelly and Mc Carthy at the Golden Gate Athletic Club was a farce. McCarthy won In the third round. The glove fight between Mike Lucie, of Troy, N. Y., and Jimmy Carroll, of Brooklyn, both middle-weights, for a purse of $1,800, will be fought on January 27 at the Golden Gate Ath letic Club. Paddy .Smith, of Birmingham, Eng, and Jimmy Griffen have been matched to box ten rounds at the Occidental Club on January 23. The Golden Gate Athletic Club in the future will have all glove fights decided according to "Police Gazette" rules, and this action will stop drawn battles. Billy Smith and Joe Bowers are to battle for a purse of IS00 at the Occidental Club on Janu ary 28. The topic which is attracting universal at tention is the match between Jack Dempsey, the middle-weight champion, and holder of the Police Gazette champion belt and Paddy Mc Carthy, the middle-weight champion of Aus tralia. This battle will be fought the last week in January, and hundreds of dollars will be wacered on the result Both men are in train ing, and Dempsey is working hard. Many be- lt ... a A ...t.nn ...til nrl.. rLuiw. T . Blanche will challenge the winner. The battle between Jimmy Carroll and Jack McAuliffe for a purse of $3,500 is now a fixture. Carroll is bound to be 'n condition, for he has begun training already. Admirers of the holder of the Police Gazette champion belt think he should at once como here and train. The California Athletic Club are using every influence to coax Frank P. Slavin to come to tbe coast to meet Joe McAuliffe for a purse of $3,500. If Slavin will not agree to meet Mc Auliffe, Jake Kilrain will be made the samo offer. Slavin's stock has gone up here 25 per cent It is understood that arrangements have been perfected for John L. Sullivan and Peter' Jack son to meet here in May for a purse of $15,000, out of which the loser will receive $2,500. Patsy Hoqak. Dave Sullivan Dies Suddenly. Chicago, January 6. David Sullivan, the famous baseball umpire, died suddenly last evening. Heart disease was the cause. He had just finished singing "McGinty," and was laughing heartily with a couple of friends when the fatal moment came. Sullivan was 34 years No. 1 Ladies' Drawers, 25o a pair. No. 2 Ladies' Drawers, 50a No. 3 Drawers, 60a Embroidery and tucks. v,.,,...,,,-, No. 4 Drawers, 50o. Embroidery and tucks. No. 5 Drawers, 50o. Tucked and tucked ruffla Na 6 Drawers, 66a H fe ' 11 Jl I ill I SHS3V. mm m mm m mm Bypw Hi Ifl 1 i HI ' mm f i W pi rfi w wM pj - i ii -ffit y ffill i i 41 FIFTH Kte' old . He was a man of unusually heavy frame, all boue andLmuscle. Liquor never passed his lips, and he was an athletic model. Matched to Fight Hauler. Ne$f Yoek, January &. The Police Gazette has received the following special from Buf falo: Harry Gllmore the light-weight champion of Canada, who has fought Jack McAuliffe and Billy Myers, has . been matched to flgbt Jack Hanley, of Erie, ra.. rora purse of J&o. Tbe Erie County Athletic CInb have guaranteed the purse, and the battle will be fought according to .roic Gazette rules on Janu ary 29. Hanley is a well-known pugilist and will be backed by well-known sporting men to defeat the Canadian Champion. For Illegal Fishing. tfirXCUt. TELEQBJLM TO THE DISPlTCItl On. City, January 5. Daniel Hadinger, of Hickory, Forest county, wanted since April last by tho OH City Fur. Fin and Feather Club on a charge of dynamiting fish in the Alle gheny river, was brought here to-day. He pleaded guilty, and was fined S50 and costs. Five Mile in 17 Ollnntei. Amsterdam, January 5. In the skating match to-day Norseng, the Norwegian, won the five-mile race in 18 minutes 43 2-5 seconds. . Sporting Notes. The Cincinnati club is to be billed like a circus. Work on the new ball grounds at Exposi tion Park may becommenced this week. New Yobs Brotherhood authorities state that Welcti'has signed with the new Leacue. Feed Pyeffeb states that Comiskey has not signed with tbe Chicago Players' club yet but that he is all right President Yoxjno says that he believes Mickey Welch bas sigued to pitch for the New York National League Club. It is probable Jacob Schaef er may take part in the Chicago end of the billiard tournament shortly to begin in New York. Ho will not participate in .the New York games because the handicap there is on lines, here the handi cap will be on points. Each Brotherhood Club must clear 812,500 over all expenses before it pays one cent into tbe players' pool. Eight clubs will have an op portunity to contribute to the pooL if they start at all, and It will takeover 512,000 to give the players 100 each. Providing all clubs pooled their Interests 4700,000 would have to be taken in before tbe players received a cent beyond their salaries. This would require an attend ance of 1,230,000 people, orian average of 157,000 for each city. The total League attendance last year did not exceed 1,250,000 Hew York JPress. FOE THE STBIKES8. A Grand Ball to bo Given In Support of the Fifth Avenne Hen. Arrangements are in progress for a grand ball for the benefit of the locked out grip men and conductors of the Fifth avenue street railway. Tickets' will be ready in a feiv days, when committees will call upon citizens known to hare an interest in the line, with a request for their support. No. 7 Drawers, 75a A number of other styles at this price. No. 8 Drawers, 98'c. Embroider ed ruffle. Finer Drawers at 82 50, 83, 83 50, 84, 84 60. Laoe embroidery -OB- No end to the number of styles we show in this garment Na 1 Corset Cover, square neck, tucked and embroidered, 25o each Na 2, Plain high neck Corset Covers, fine cambric, 25c each. x, ft SHK Kl m It I w Hi I w. ill i 1 V I ft rmSw THE WEATHER. For Wettern Penn tylvanla and Ohlo,rain; warmer, southwesterly winds, followed Monday r-.f tw 131 mirtht mi miner innthp Fa. ttfaa, 177,.Wi . mhfttnera ami(hinast erly winds; warmer in Eastern, stationary temperaturein Western vortion. Pn-f annuo, January 6, 1SS3L The United States Signal Service officer la tnis city iuraunes tne iouowms: iiim. 1:00a. V..,.,,....M 120 K S3 iioor. m .' x.-oor. ir ss Afaxfmam temp.... 59 IKnlmnmumn iO Mean temp..,,..,,,, SO Range - ..- 19 Precipitation .22 5:00 P. u i.wr. m us Hirer t 6:20 r. M. 6.4 feet a change of 0.1 In 21 hours. A Metv Snndny School Opened. The Presbyterian congregation, of Home wood, held their first Sunday school in tbe new chapel, which is in course of erection. Though the chapel is not completed, it was sufficiently far advanced to allow a Sunday school to be held within Its walls. For Sleeplessness, Exhaustion, iTervous ness, Headache, Mala ria, Paralysis, Neural gia, &c, &c $L00, Every Druggist. i TV7- For a DISORDERED LIVER Try BEEGHAM'S PILLS. 25cts. a Box. No. 3 Corset Cover, 50c; low neck. No. 4, high neok, 50c. No. 6, V shaped neok, 60a Na 6 Corset Covers, 50o; square neck. No. 7 Corset Covers, 75a .Na 8 Corset Covers, D8o. V shaped neck. iff .it . 4nuiw 11T 111 IHHmA MP ML Wl l '0 lit MB iff' ill I plBllfi i Hi IaIS i illy H W JUr - P i f Wk fill 1 X hH Mm Ml EByla AkKHBm MltW lu im MwV-Jy '5 E vm AVENUE. -i .mi v .JL-sAur -. mSW ADVERTISEMENTS. There are many white soaps, each represented to be t... -f--s "just as good as the Ivory.MSt They are not, but like all counterfeits, they lack the peculiar and remarkable . ".' qualities of ' : the genuine. " " Ask for 4-;, Ivory Soap ' ." , ' and insist upon having it 'Tis sold everywhere. noS-101-XTi TAILORING. ARTISTIC TAILORING. LARGEST STOCK. POPULAR PRICES. Clothiers, Tailors, Hatters and Men's Furnishers. 954 AND 956 LIBERTY ST. STABCOKNER. de5- : SALE No. 9 Corset Covers, 98o; square neck and lace trimmed. No. 10 Corset Cover, 81 25; em broidery trimmed. No. 11 Corset Cover, 81 25. - We desire to make special men' lion of several very important features in this department. first, we have a full line of sizes, in regular shapes in all garments. Next, we have a full line of EXTRA SIZED GARMENTS for large ladies, in Gowns, Skirts,- unemise, jurawers ana Corset Covers Next, we have a choice line, of LADIES' UNDERSKIRTS, not referred to in the cuts, fann ing from 65c to $3. Then we also have a large as sortment of CONVENT MADE EMBROIDERED and HEMSTITCHED UNDERGARMENTS. CHIZDREN'Sand MISSES' DRAWERS and GOWNS, all sizes. REMEMBER, THE SALE BEGINS TUESDAY MORN ING. Tlie goods speak for them selves. ;-? 12 v. nSSSS) 1M1IP PJ 4BJ3 -' . :-,. .;. 1.' i-Jm - i-val fcv f. &: 4i 'I