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"Opinions About the Old and
Rew League Teams.
PUBLIC INTEREST WANING.
iSome Remarks About the Retirement
of Dominick McCaffrey.
THE KEMP-ll'LEAN BOAT 2ACE
The week just ended has been a miserable
one Tor baseball, no matter from -what stand
point we loot at it. Internal disruptions
among those who dish t out to the public,
combined with unfavorable weather, has ap
parently caused American citizens to look
upon those directly interested in the game
as ordinary human beings. Public estima
tion didn't by any means get as low as that
during the last two or three years, but the
week has proven to us that public estima
tion is undergoing a great change. If ball
players and those who support them wish to
keep up that spirit of- hero worship which
has made many of them wealthy they must
chauge their tactics. Sot only have we had
poor attendances and bad weather, but we
have had some very wretched ball playing.
It is not necessary to go into any figuring to
show this. Besults speak for themselves.
There have been some very rank exhibitions
on both sides, but the majority of clean-cut
games have been on the side of the old
League. There is no denying that fact.
Comparisons are often very unpleasant, but
there are times when comparisons are neces
sarv,and they are necessary now. Therefore,
it is quite fair to say that, while the new
League has had the bnlk of patronage, the
old League has been giving the best exhibi
tions of ball playing. It seems now safe to
say that there are one or two clubs
in the National League which equal any
team we have seen for a long time. I don't
hesitate to say that the Philadelphia Na
tional Leagueteam is the peer of any aggre
gation in the country, and, this being so,
there is indeed considerable credit due to
those who nave strongly tried tobuild up the
team from the ruins that last year's players
left. If the work already done this season
by the respective teams were any kind of a
criterion it would be safe to say that Man
ager 'Wright has a team oi pennant winners.
Anson's new team is also doing well, and is
of the improving kind. Boston is in difficul
ties jnst now, but when the disabled players
of that club are all right again the team will,
I expect, soon forge its way toward
the front. The Pittsburg National League
club is not doing as well
as it will do simply becanse it is not
through its experimenting period. It
started out with a host of untested young
men, and in putting these youngsters througn
the mill it is certain that many defeats will
be encountered. However, as those who
don't stand the test are weeded out we will
be better able to judre as to the correct
quality of the team. New Tork still re
mains a disappointment, and Cleveland is
improving considerably. Cincinnati and
Brooklyn are just what they always have
been two good teams.
The Players' Teams.
Manager Hanlon and his men have not
met with the success that many of us ex
pected. Although they have not done all
thatl thought they would do lam not at all
discouraged about their future as far as
good ball playing is concerned. I still feel
confident that the Players will give a good
account of themselves, providing the pitch
ers keep in line. My readers will have ob
served that I have always been somewhat
timid about the pitchers. This timidity is
the result ofso many disappointments in the
past. It has been the rock on which we
have split very often, indeed. It seems to
me that what is most required by Manager
Hanlon's pitchers is plenty of hard work and
honest living. No man in the baseball
business is more in earnest than is Manager
Hanlon, and I know that his instructions
to the pitchers particularly are of the very
best kind. At the present time a player who
will not faithfully adhere to the admonitions
of a trustworthy and honest man like Man
ager Hanlon is an ingrate. The pitchers
are not in their best condition, and that is
all there is about it. John Tener has not
had the chance that the others have had.
He apparently has more outside work to do
than could reasonably be expected of a
pitcher, but he is a willing hand. However,
I anticipate that the playing qualities of
the entire team will soon be at their best. I
hope they will. Boston is doing the best
work of the lot, and so have its players as a
team proven themselves a little better
than Cnicago. New York, like the other
New York team, continues to be a rank fail
ure, and New York patrons of the game
have every reason to be disgusted at the
wreck of their splendid team of last year.
The other teams are just something "like
what they were when they started out very
uncertain quantities.
Those Bold Declarations.
During the week everybody at all con-
aected with tbe baseball conflict has de
clared himself in the most emphatic manner
to the effect that he will remain in the fight
until he hasn't a cent left rather than lose.
All this is the veriest nonsense. I don't
think that there is a man in the business
who in the least means any such thing;
it is not common sense and certainly akin
to the most idiotic conceptions of good busi
ness principles. When we simmer every
thing down I think that all this wild talk
simply means that each party will hold out
to a reasonable extent and no further. The
meeting held by the directors of the local
N. L. club, a report of which
appeared in yesterday's Dispatch, goes
to prove the correctness of my
contention. There is no reason to suppose
that thoae directors or any other directors
will continue to meet time and time again
and put up about $10,000 to keep a lot of
baseball players. I am persuaded that in
very mauy instances this must be done on
both sidts, and this probability brings us
face to face with that familiar" leature of
gate receipts only for tbe workers of the
new League. If matters do not turn con
siderably for the better the players of the
new League mnst receive their salaries from
sources other than the receipts. The ques
tion is: Who will pay them? We will all
await the result with great interest Mark,
I don't wish to infer that they won't
be paid. I feel confident that should
the receipts not yield sufficient
cash to pay salaries in full
the backers of the respective clubs
will make good the deficiency; but,
and this but is significant, only for a certain
time. In Pittsburg the new League play
ers will have the best of the battle, simply
because they have placed themselves nearer
the masses by reducing their price to 25
cents. If the old club continues at tbe old
rate of SO cents their efforts, I fear, will be
almost a total loss. I have always held the
opinion that 25 cents is quite sufficient to
pay to go into a baseball ground and the
clnb that adopts that price deserves popular
support. It is simply extortion to hnndreds
of hard working citizens to compel them to
pay a half dollar to get on a hard board un
der tbe effects of a scorching sun or damp
and rheumatic breeding winds to see a ball
game.
Tbe Road to Knla.
f There certainly can be few people who
are so warped in mind as to contend that the
& patronage of tbe ball games during tbe
. week has been satisfactory. I sm no way of
getting beyond tbe fact that tbe wees: has
been a failure as far as baseball
cerned. and it has given indications
one may expect many more snch weeks
this very foolish system of conflicting
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is to continue. Since the season opened,
several one-sided and one-ideaed people
have busied themselves exceedingly in try
ing to bolster up the false notion that the
national game was not being injured. They
have had a pleasant time of it, no doubt,
with themselves in trying to persuade people
that the game was being injured but only to
the extent of the National League. "Well,
now I want somebody to show me how either
the new League or old Leage has made
anything like a success of it so far. Every
day is proving my contention that the pres
tige and quality of the game are being in
jured. During the week not only baye the
attendance beeu of the most miserable kind,
but the quality of the playing has been dis
graceful. Good ball playing is being lost
sight or in the fight that is going on, and it
is only natural to expect that the intelligent
patrons of the game will have none of it
until they can see the game amid harmony,
enthusiasm and goodfellowship. The pub
lic is not inclined to patronize ball
games, when by so doing they are perpetu
ating a bitter personal warfare; indeed, this
conflict is last leading the public to the con
clusion that the national game is being used
as tne principal tool in an uncalled conflict,
more of a personal nature than anything
else. I do not believe that the game can be
made any better from a public standpoint
than it was last season or the season previ
ous, and I venture to say that the majority
of the public are of that opinion. This
being so, it is difficult to see how the present
quarrel is any more than a personal one,
and personal quarrels soon sour the public
mind. The contending parties must be
careful, as one of these days they will wake
up to find that almost all public smypathy
for the game has vanished.
Mr. Addison's Talk.
Begarding the question in the preceding
paragraph, Mr. Addison has had something
to say during the week. He is an official
in the Chicago Players' League Club, and
expresses opinions quite contrary to mine.
I am not surprised at that, but I am sur
prised, because Mr. Addison gives no rea
son for holding his opinion. People who
read what he had to say on the matter,
would observe that like other great people,
who are in a fix. talk was nothing buf'words.
words, words." Of all the lunny statements
I have ever read or heard, those indulged iu
by Mr. Addison the other day, de
serve first place. After telling us
that interest in baseball is not on the
wane, without adducing a fact to prove it,
he went on to say that the public was
wearied of baseball with uncovered bleach
ers and hard seats; that the public was
wearied cf seeing sold and hired ball play
ers play, and wished to see the game on a
better and a nobler basis. I don't know
what the reading public would call tbe
above, but I call it buncombe and foolish
ness. Could any Iriend ot the new League
talk more foolishly than saying that the
"uncovered bleachers and hard seats" were
not in the P. L. programme ? Why, in
talking so, the gentleman is one of the worst
enemies ot his own cause. What will the
Pittsburg officials that is, the officials of
the local P. L. club think of his state
ment? The "uncovered bleachers" and un
cushioned seats at their new and handsome
grounds come under his ban. And Mr.
Addison's reference to the public being
tired of seeing "American slaves" play is
the merest nonsense. The baseball public
have always had an eye to business. Where
there has been good ball playing ot an
honest and exciting character, free trom the
unpleasantness of a quarrel between rival
organizations, they have patronized it and
will do so again. The standard of ball
playing is not so good this spring as it was
last spring, and the surroundings are not so
pleasant and attractive. That the public is
of this opinion is shown by the fact of the
attendance during the week. On each day
the aggregate attendance for the entire
games of the rival organizations has barely
made one good crowd. Now, we cannot get
beyond this, and the tact ought to be ad
mitted by partisan and non-partisan alike.
The Local N. L. Clnb.
We certainly have had plenty of rumors
during the week regarding the local
National League Club. In two or three
days the club has been permanently located
in Indianapolis, Baltimore and St. Louis
and it also has been sued for rent. That is
almost sufficient for one week, at least the
published reports regarding the above have
caused many people to be very busy. We
have tbe reports and we also have the most
emphatic denials of their truth. Leading
officials of every National League club
strongly deny that there is any intention
whatever to transfer the Pittsburg club to
any city. I am inclined to believe the
officials, and I am also inclined to think
that the reports of a transfer were put into
circulation by people who are no friends of
the National League because it is easy to
see the venom and poison on all reports of
the kind. There is no fair play in sending
out such false rumors, because the intent is
malicious. If the Pittsburg N. L. Club, or
any other club, has to sink in this conflict,
let it sink amid fair play. "Fight fair" and
"Let there be a clear course," are American
maxims and lies are nothing less than stabs
iu the back. Of course I sincerely wish
there was only one baseball club in Pitts
burg, because it is one of tbe most unpleas
ant things in lire for one to be
interested in two persons or parties who are
trying to exterminate each other. But,
however much I desire to see only one club,
I would never think of hastening one to its
death by any nnfair means. They are both
here and are struggling. It is the absolute
dnty of all interested to give each side fair
play. It is just as true as we live that botb
the clubs cannot exist, and the season has
so far proven that both will lose money,
although the 25-cent move of the P. L. club
will go a long way toward helping the club
to evenly balance accounts. Both, tor rea
sons which I have already dealt with, two
clubs are not likely to secure the patronage
that one would. One must go, and they
must ngbt it out. Tbe otber day Mr. J.
PalmerO'Neil said to me: "Now, look you
here, we stand in this position. We have
had a club in Pittsburg for many years.
We have paid out thousands of dollars, and
in return have not received the price of a
cigar. We have done everything possible
to get a ball team together that would be a
credit to the city. Well, those people who
have formed a new club knew that the city
would not support two clubs, but they still
came in. Now that they are here, they say:
'There is not room for both of us. You get
out.' Can we stand that? Where is
there an American who would toler
ate such humiliation and unfairness?
There were plenty of otber cities
than Pittsburg for the Players' League,
bet tbe promoters in their dreams thought
that all they had to do was to come here,
and we would collapse for want of players.
We are here, however, and we mean to
stay." There is much force, certainly, in
what Mr. O'Neil says, but the fact remains
that both clubs are now on deck, and fight
ing for possession. Logio is of little avail
now. Money is what is most needed, and I
am inclined to think that more clubs than
those in Pittsburg will discover that fact
before long.
Those New Lnvr Sails.
Probably a more unwise move could not
well be made at present by the new League
officials than that of tbe Philadelphia P. L.
club. Their determination to try and secure
injunctions against Gleason, Thompson and
others of the Philadelphia N. L. club, is
about the stupidest step that could well be
taken at the present juncture. It is one of
the most inconsistent acts that could well be
done, because not long ago those same peo
ple, the Philadelphia new League people,
were qualifying tbe actions of the N. L,
magnates as cowardly in trying to enjoin
Ward and Ewing. The Philadelphia club
would indeed do well to wash its hands of
all such proceedings. It is not a fair
method of fighting and really shows that old
Harry Wright is having the best of it
in a fair and open fight. But
should the players be enjoined what
will tbe Philadelphia P. L. club do with
them? They will have to keep and pay
them, and also those who are playing with
the P. L. club now. This unerringly leads
s to the conclusion that It is not the ser-
Gleason, Thompson and others that
needed so much as it is to leave the
Manager Wright without a good
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team. A proceeding of this kind is bad, and
the intelligent public will revolt against it
The notion is conceived in a wicked spirit,
and I venture to sav that if carried into
effect will gain Harry Wright hosts of
friends. But let us see. Have not the
leading officials of the Philadelphia club
used every endeavor, fair and unlair, to in
duce players of otber organizations to vio
late all promises and pledges and join them?
I think they have. This being so, it is in
teresting to find them resorting to tbe most
questionable meaus of trying to break up a
team that Manager Wright has gotten to
gether despite all the combined efforts
against him. The veteran has an excellent
team, and apparently some people in Phila
delphia know that I am sure all of us who
take an interest in baseball will always
wish Manager Harry Wright. well. I trust
that these foolish suits will be abandoned.
If they are not I fear it will be a heavy
blow to the Philadelphia P. L. club.
An Aggressive Poller.
On Friday President Byrne, of the Brook
lyn N. L. Club, was reported as saying that
the National League magnates have had a
talk and mean to carry out an aggressive
policy. I don't know what that means, ex
cept it be that the old League means to con
tinue and fight the new one at every point
In other words, that the conflicting dates
must stand. If this is so, it is a pity, and I
lear that before the season is out many peo
ple who are now clamoring for conflicting
dates will be a little wearied of theui. I
have already stated that conflicting dates
mean a continual drain on the finances of
those who are backing the clubs. This
seems to be understood by these backer', but
each is expecting to "outstay" the other; or,
in other words, it is a game of freeze-out
It seems to me that that is what it has come
to, and it is safe to say that both parties will
be considerably poorer, if not wiser, at the
season's end. There seems to be a prevail
ing opinion among N. L. magnates that they
are the only persons who will fork out the
cash. I think there is a deal of assumption
iu this, because there are, doubtless,
many gentlemen connected with the new
League who will be just as willing to "put
up" in a content such as this is, as anybody.
The National League magnates admit that
they are putting up money iu hopes of tir
ing the new comers out, because both are
losing. But bless us, may not the new com
ers be doing or be prepared to do the same
thing? I believe there are many game spec
ulators in the National League and some
very weak ones, and it is safe to say that the
same holds good with the Players' Leagne.
The great feature is the fact that the new
League is here and is doing business. It is
too late in the day to discuss its origin,
make-up and right to exist It is here and
in the fight The National League people
should keep this in mind, because so tar the
new comer has had the best of the battle.
McCaffrey's Retirement.
During the week Dominick ,McCaffrey
has been in the city visiting his sick mother.
I had a long and interesting conversation
with the ex-Pittsburger, and one always
feels much the better for a good
talk with him. He is an intelli
gent and honest-speaking citizen. I have
always claimed that pugilism should have
been the last thing he resorted to, because
by nature he 'is almost the opposite or a
prize fighter. However, he has definitely
made up his mind to retire. As a boxer
.McCaffrey s career has been an excellent
one. He" has beeu in the foremost rank and
has been very unfairly treated on many oc
casions. His professional brethren have al
ways seemed to be extremely envious of him,
and be has had to pay dearly on some oc
casions to appear before the public with a
good man. He was compelled to give
Mitchell 51,200 to face him and Jack Demp
sey demanded and received 52,000. This
was simply extortion, combined with the
fact that McCaffrey was dnped out of the
victory in bis contest with Dempsey. Cases
of this kind have long since soured McCaf
frey's mind on the boxing business and,
combined with physical disabilities, has
prompted him to permanently retire. We
must all admit that McCaffrey has been one
of tbe most artful boxers of the generation.
He had a style peculiarly his own; it was
not taught him, but he developed it himself.
There are several who have imitated hint,
but none are so effective in that style as Mc
Caffrey was when at his best Old George
Boche told me on one occasion that McCaf
frey's left was the most deceptive be had
ever seen. However, I think we'll all wish
Dominick McCaffrey success in his new line
of life, which is to be that of civil engineer
ing, that is if his plans rome out all right
Poelllstlc Generalities.
Joe McAuliffe is making a good impres
sion down East and the talent think he is
the only man likely to defeat Sullivan.
McAuliffe no doubt is a good looker, but he
has hardly proven himself to be a champion
yet The best men he has beaten are only
of the Killen and Cardiff class and he
failed to defeat Jackson. However,
it seems strange that McAuliffe
and Corbett don't meet. They
ought to make a good contest and an
interesting one. It is likely that Paddy
McBride and Mike Dugan will contest ten
rounds somewhere near this city next Satur
day evening. If they do the affair ought to
be very interesting, because McBride has
proven himself a first-class feather-weight
Dixon, the colored feather-weight, has gone
to England to meet Nunc Wallace and I
fear his defeat also. Wallace is a wonder
fully clever little fellow and Dixon is not
An English Opinion.
A few days ago the opinion of McCaffrey
regarding Corbett was given in this paper.
The contest between them has prompted the
following remarks from "Pendragon," of
the London Referee:
Corbett, tbe young man whom Kilraln (who
is himself only one remove trom a novice) took
on under the false Impression that he had
found a chopping block? seems to be getting on
as nicely as bis friends and admirers can have
depired. Early this week he made a shocking
exhibition of one McCaffrey, a bis boxer of
Borne reputation In tbe States. Atalmost what
should have been tbe beginning, but turned ont
to be the end, ot the fourth round the referee
.had, in pity to McCaffrey, to stop the encounter
and declare Corbett the winner. This is worthy
of remark as showing bow much better off for
new material they are in America than we are
here. Despite tbe immense sums that are
offered (or are said to be ottered) in London for
competition among boxers, we don't seem able
to make tbe least advancein tbe way of quality.
All the men of any class that we possess were
about, and were known as well as they are now,
before ldiotcy became rampant and hundreds
and tbonsands were offered for bouts
which in the best days of tbe best
boxers would have been amply rewarded by
avert ana lennera. x uoat suppose mat Jem
Mace, when in bis absolutely nnest form, was
ever paid 5 for putting the gloves on, and I'm
quite sure Tom Sayers wasn't The biggest
benefit either may nave taken didn't produce
as much as a man who in their day would not
have been allowed to set to in a first-rato show
has in these days made ont of one rotten bad
exhibition. I won't however, pursue this sub
ject or X may get stabbed in tbe back again,
and hit below tbe belt as well, by somebody
anxious to stand forth as qucller and compeller
among modern-day boxers. All I want to say
is that while we can't, despite the fabulous
prizes that are constantly on olfer, produce any
one who is not sure to be beaten directly he
stands before a real good man, America has, In
response to tho demand, developed still
another "hurricane bruiser," one who appears
not only capable of operating on Sullivan, and
who has operated on Kilraln, bat who may put
an entirely new complexion upon the proposed,
and promised, triumphal march of the nigger
Jackson and tbe gaseous Slavin through the
United States of America.
Kemp and SIcIiean.
Thursday next is the day fixed for the
sculler's race between Kemp and McLean
in Australia. That the contest will be of
great international aquatic importance is
certain, because the winner of it will have
jnst claim to tackle the winner of the
O'Connor-Stansbury race for the champion
ship of the world, lam inclined to think
that McLean will defeat Kemp, bar acci
dent, of course. If he does not, then O'Con
nor hasn't much to fear from Kemp. I
don't mean to say that Peter Kemp is not a
good sculler. He is, but I don't rate him on
a level with O'Connor, judging the latter on
his Washington form when he defeated
Teenier. - Phikgle.
Kerp Them In tbe Nursery.
Hamburg figs should be kept in the nursery,
where tbey are particularly useful In case of
constipation or Indigestion, as tbev are liked
by children, and are prompt and efficacious in
action, -a cents, xjose one ng. At all drug
gists. un;Axrtu.
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FlTTSBtrRGDlSPATOH, SUNDAY. MAT 11,
KENTUCKY'S DERBY.
Not
a Proctor Knott-Spokane Eace
This Time, but Promising.
THE FLYERS DOWN 05 THE BOOKS.
Corrigan Has Unbounded Faith in Eiley,
bat He Mnst Go Lively.
EECOEDS OF THE ANIMALS ENTERED
WBITTEXrOBTHE DISPATCH. 1
Fifteen years ago, in the lovely month of
May, the first Kentucky Derby was run
over the then beautiful course at Churchill
Downs, the mighty little "red horse" Aris
tides being the victor. No prince of the
realm ever received a more generous ovation
than did this great little son of the peerless
Leamington when he passed the post in the
van on that eventful day. It was the in
augural of the sport of kings at Churchill
Downs, and M. Lewis Clark, was the
proudest man in all Kentucky that day.
But time brings many changes. The
great Eastern race tracks of the present day
were then in their swaddling clothes, as it
were. There were no 3-year-aJd events with
fabulous sum) of added money to tempt the
Western horseman to turn his footsteps
eastward when the trees began to put forth
their leaves in the springtime. Bacing
around New. York City had not grown to
the colossal proportions qf the present day.
The Western horsemen rather preferred to
stay nearer home and bring his horse to the
post for the classic event which in those
days was tbe one bright spot upon the sun of
the turf kingdom.
A Time of Wondrous Eflorf.
In a very short time the Kentucky Derby
became the premier race of the Western
tnrf. Every owner and trainer in Kentucky
and Tennessee who had a colt worth $300 be
gan early in the winter the work of prepar
ing him for the battle of the cracks. Men
like George Eice, "Brown Dick," Lee Paul
and a host of others spent months and
months in the work, but while many were
called few were first past the post This did
not deter tbe trainers, for they went upon
the hypothesis "if at first you don't succeed,
try, try again."
Winter after winter the work of preparing
the Derby candidates vent on. Every move
ment of the horses was watched, and many
were the stories of how this or that trainer
worked his horse by moonlight. Every arti
fice was employed to circumvent the
"touts," for there were "touts" in those
days just like there are now, the only dif
ference being that they were a little more re
spectable and less numerous. Stable secrets
were guarded as if life depended on it, and
few and lar between were the tips which es
caped them.
It was a great honor to win the Derby in
those days, and it was worth any man's
time and money to work tor it The fortu
nate horse was considered the greatest of the
year, and his name was on a million tongues
for the balauce of the season. "All hail tbe
king," greeted his ears along the line, and
no babe at its mother's breast was ever more
carefully watched over than the winner of
the Derby.
How It Is To-Dar.
But time brings many changes. The
Brooklyn and Suburban and Omnibus and
Lorrillard and American Derby and other
rich stake events of the turf have over
shadowed the blue ribbon race of Ken
tucky's metropolis. Its glory has faded, its
power has waned, Until now, in the good
year of 1800, the Kentucky Derby is an
event of minor importance.
Out of the 100 or more horses eligible this
year there are none of the first class, judged
by their performances last year. True,
some of them may yet develop into first
class animals, but tbe chances are rather
the reverse. Certain it is there are none of
the caliber of Joe Cotton, who won in
1885, LaM Murphy in the year 1879, or the
mighty Hindoo, the victor in 1881. The
horses eligible this year are more of the
caliber of Buchanan and Macbeth IL, al
though In breeding the majority of them
will rank with the greatest of their time.
But blood doesn't always count in the
race horse any more than it ' does in the
human family. Carelul handling has a
great deal more to do with sending a horse
first past the post And there are precious
few trainers in the profession to-day who
can fit a horse for a fixed event with the
skill of George Bice, Lee Paul and men of
their time, notwithstanding the fact that
John Bodegap sent Spokane to the post so
fit that he ran the fastest-Derby on record
2:34.
Tbe Fixers In the Field.
The field this year will come from the fol
lowing, as near as can be ascertained:
E. Corrigan's b. c., Biley,by Longfellow, dam
Geneva.
G. V. Hankins' br. c., Robespierre, by JIU
Johnson, dam Acnes.
Scoggan Bros.' cb. c, Goodbye, by Eyder All,
dam Jennie Rowett,
A G. Newsnm dc Co's. ch. jr., ML Lebanon, by
George Kinney, dam Accidenta.
6. Williams' ch, c.. Palisade, byFowhattan,
dam Indemnity.
H. B. Durham's ch. c. Prince Fonso br Iran
Prince Charlie, dam May Wilson.
K. Brown's b. c. Prodigal Son, by Pat Mal
loy, dam Homeward Bound.
R. E. Campbell's b. c. Protection, by Imp.
Prince Charlie, dam Manola.
J. K. Megibben & Co's. br. c, W. G. Morris,
by Bprlngbook, dam Valasco.
Lyles fc Parmer's b.c, Burford.by Boule
vard, dam Bon Ton.
It is possible that there may be one or two
others, but nothing is known of them by
well-informed turfmen in this section.
There was some talk of "Lucky" Baldwin's
chestnut colt Honduras, by Grinstead, dam
Jennie B., but as he was sent on to Brooklyn
it is not likely that he will be seen at the
post. Of those named above Mt. Lebanon,
Palisade and Protection are doubtlul
starters, but the other seven are almost
certain to lace the flag. Eiley, Robespierre,
Prince Fonso, Burford and Prodigal Son
are known to lie sure starters, and it is un
derstood that the Scoggans' nave been re
serving Goodbye especially for this race.
What Tbey Old In the Pair.
Looking backward we find the 2-year-old
record of the ten probable starters to read
in this way: '
Std 1st 2d. 3d. Unp'c'd
Riley "l2 6 8 .... 3
Robespierre 13 4 2 3 4
Goodbye 4 .... 11 2
Mt.Lebanon IS 1 8 6 3
Palisade 21 5 5 4 7
Prince Fonso 8 4 2 .... 2
Prodigal Bon. 17 8 4 .... 10
Protection 7 2 2 .... 3
W. G. Morris. 22 4 2 6 10
Burford.
According to the above figures Eiley and
Prince Fonso are pounds better than any
thing in against them, but nine experts out
of ten will tell you that there is nothing in
it but Eobespierre. His commanding vic
tories in the Tennessee Derby at Memphis
and the Two Thonsand and Duncan Hotel
stakes at Nashville mage him the choice of
the smart people. True, Maori brought him
Xo a drive in the Duncon Hotel stakes, but
be was conceding her 15 pounds, quite a
lnmp of weight to a mare that has covered a
mile in 159 4-5 and is in good form just
now. His other two races he won in trne
race-horse style, though in one instance he
had Prince Eonso behind him and in both
that clever colt Blarney Stone, Jr. Be is
just now in the pink of condition, and with
Francis in the saddle will make his compet
itors know they have been to the races.
What tfaa Animals Are Doing".
Corrigan thinks his colt Eiley will win
sure, else he would never have sent him to
Louisville. The Kansas City turfman has
very little love for the Louisville manage
ment, and has studiously given that track
the cold shoulder for some years. Eiley.is
rignt on eage, ana nnaer tn scuiiui hand'
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ling of Pat Dunn will come to the post in
dangerous form.
Though defeated for the Two Thonsand,
Hardy Durham hasn't lost faith in Prince
Fonso. Immediately alter that race be car
ried the colt back to Louisville, and has
kept him right down to his work. He firmly
believes the Horse was not quite up to a
bruising race when he met Eobespierre, and
that he will turn the tables next Wednesday.
Good judges think Eonso holds the brown
son of Jils Johnson safe if he can only de
feat Eiley.
Prodigal Son is in training at Lexington,
and in "Brown Dick's" hands is being
given a superb preparation. Private ad
vices from that point pronounce him a very
dangerous factor in the race. He has grown
into a magnificently-proportioned colt, and
is showing a great turn of speedin his work.
In his 2-year-old form he was inclined to be
faint-hearted, but it is said Dick has broken
htm of this.
The Other hpeedy Bays.
Palisade is also being trained at Lexing
ton and gives some promise of being a
starter. Protection is receiving his prepara
tion at Latonia, is in nne condition as to
health, bnt rather backward in his work.
Mt. Lebanon was trained at Memphis, and
is highly thought of by his people. He
comes from a great racing family, and will
stay the route with the best of them. W.
G. Morris will carry the Megibben colors,
Avondale being out of training and Eberlee
not up to a bruising race. Ol Goodbye ab
solutely nothing is known. Burford has
been trained at West Side Park, Nashville,
and has had the careful hand of Jonas
Klelser to fit him for the race. Although a
maiden he is a colt of undoubted speed, and
his party are confident that he will be in
tbehunt He has shown fast work, over the
West Side track, but started once during
the late meeting in very fair company and
was never prominent
Corrigan's Great Faith.
Present indications point to Eiley, Prince
Eonso and Eobespierre being iu the first
flight Mr. Corrigan said at Nashville last
week that he was sure his colt would win,
and that he did not start him at Memphis
and Nashville because he was ailing at the
first place and the track was too muddy
here. Hankins, his trainer Kiley and all
their friends left here last Sunday confident
that the brown son of Jils Johnson would
repeat the victory of his half-brother,
Macbeth II., in 1888.
One of the 1 curious features of the race
will be the pilotage of Eiley by Tom Kiley,
the trainer of Eobespierre and the watchful
guardian over young Francis, who will
have the mount on Eobespierre. Corrigan
engaged Kiley several months since, long
before Eobespierre had shown so prom
inently. Prince Fonso will be piloted by
"Monk" Overton, who is capable of riding
a great finish; uoodbye, by Uollis; Prod
igal Son, by Isaac Murphy probably: while
the jocks for the others have not yet been
named.
It will not be a Derby of Proctor Knott
Spokane caliber, but it may turn out a good
race. Let us hope so. Blue Wina.i.
Cbaouo of Time Pennsylvania Railroad.
Some important changes take place on
the main line of the Pennsylvania Bailroad
May 11, 1890. Wilkmsburg express, here
tofore leaving at G:05 A. 21., will now run to
Walls, leaving Pittsburg at 6 a. at. Walls
accommodation, leaving at 6:15 A. 11., will
run to Wilkinsburg only. Braddock ex
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Wilkinsburg. Braddock accommodation,
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Wilkinsburg accommodation, leaving at
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Wilkinsburg. Wilkinsburg express, leav
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and run to Braddock. Braddock accommo
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Sunday trams, heretofore leaving Pitts
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and Wilkinsburg, which left at 12:45 p.m.,
will leave at 12:40 p.m.
Walls accemmodation, arriving at
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riving at 825 A.M.. will also run from
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THE LATEST DANCE.
Figures Used by Brittany's Peasants
Three Centuries Ago
TO BE SEEN AGAIN THIS SEASON.
The Proper Caper as to Costuming for Both
Beaux and Belles.
A DIVISION AND SILENCE AFFAIR
rwKiTrxw Vor thi dispatch. 3
New dances, or old ones revived, which is
the same thing, call for new dresses, new
fashions, new styles, for both dames and
cavaliers. Of late years 'there have been
several attempts to popularize such old
Spanish and French dances as the pavane
and minuet, especially for summer use, as
their slow and stately movements called for
so little exertion, and they seemed admirably
fitted for hot weather parties. The most
dignified and starchy might take part in
such a dance without any danger of wilting
the tight, stiff band of immaculate linen en
circling his neck. But for some reason or
The First Figure.
other, neither the pavane nor minuet be
came very popular. They were voted.
"deucedly slow, you know." This was sev
eral years ago, and now Queen Fashion
comes forward with another novelty in the
dance line. It has a number of names, run
ing from grave to gay, from lively to severe.
For instance, you may call it quadrille pose,
or posture dance; or, if these names don't
suit, you may speak of it as the Spanish jig;
or, if you want to be very funny, you may
even dub it the molasses reel, it goes so aw
fully slowly.
The quadrille pose, figures for which are
represented in the accompanying pictures is
said to have been a dance in vogue among
the peasants of Brittany in the sixteenth
century. There are eight figures altogether,
and dames and cavaliers keep well apart
barely joining tbe tips of the fingers. Tbese
figures are not difficult to learn, consisting
of "forwards and backs," "swinging part
ners," "ladies chain." "profound bows,"
with some "balances" and "chasssz" and so
on. Four couples are needed to dance the
The Second Figure.
quadrille pose, which, when well executed,
affords both beaux and belles an opportunity
to display any native or acquired grace.
In order to give the "Spanish jigs" a good
send off, and brace tbe boys up to the point
of consenting to exhibiting their legs, the
hunt clubs of New Tork, at whose dancing
parties the gentlemen appear in small
clothes and silk stockings, have taken up
this beautifnl novelty, and it will be danced
at their hops in connection with the summer
meets. The only obstacle in the way of its
becoming an instantaneous success is the
demand which it makes upon the cavaliers
to display their calves. This is a delicate
point with the youth of to-day. Calves
aren't whit they used to be. Horse cars
and elevators have dwindled the legs of the
male biped. He knows this, and would
rather display his cheek or his biceps or
manly chest than let the world gaze upon his
lack of leg development
However, it is a thing that may be reme
died. An artistically padded stocking will
The Third Figure.
impart a wonderful development to the leg;
only, of course, the wearer must be careful
and get things on straight. The gentleman's
costume, besides tbe small clothes, silk
stockings and low shoes, consists of dres3
coat, white vest and folding hat and eye
glass. The eyeglass may be dispensed with,
but some men are so barefaced that even a
little piece of glass helps somewhat to con
ceal their thoughts. Among the minutia? of
the cavalier's makeup may be enumerated
the old-fashioned fob chain, a boutonniere
and a single stud in Imitation of the pin
worn by the old-time exquisite.
The quadrille pose permits of no conversa-
HS
The Fourth Figure.
tion and uo display of emotion whatever,
except It be an expression ot almost adora
tion on the cavalier's face and a sort of rapt
semi-seraphic look on the visage of the
dames. This is pretty generally the case
with all dances of this nature, borrowed
from the peasantry of the Old World. They
never chatter while dancing. It is a matter
of business with them and calls for their
whole mind. Anyone who has attended a
German Schutzenfest will remember how
stolidly and silently the waltzers circle
around the tent, hoar in and hoar oat, The
v8Wk
new dance will not be quite so 'silently per
formed as that, but its figures which are
indicated in the illustrations of this article
require close attention, and should be at
tended by plenty of animation in physical
grace and facial expression, but not by
ranch chatter. The different movements
are not fixedly arranged beforehand, but
are guided somewhat by a leader, as in the
german: but six of the prettiest poses ob
served by the writer in a recent trial dance
are accurately shown In the drawings.
Able academies of Terpsichore and the
The Fifth Figure.
earliest gatherings at the several country
clubs will witness the first semi-public ex
hibition. It is hardly worth while to go
into elaborate description of the figures,
since they will be varied greatly on every
occasion, the leader and his lady setting the
example and the other couples following
suit Tbe illustrations show the general
manner of the posea and action. Substan
tially this is a revival of the old, old minuet,
with a trifle of enlivenment, and occasion
ally a suggestion of a May pole dance or a
Virginia reel. Of course, much depends on
the caprice, temper and resources of the
leader, as in a german.
Coming now to tbe ladies who are to dance
tbequadrilIepose,wefindno rich and elegant
toilets, heavy with embroidery, sparkling
with jewelry, covered with costly lace, stiff
with jet or passementerie or loaded down
with floral garniture. All is sweet sim
plicity, accordian-pleated skirts a la pay
sane, the entire drejs of one material, waists
made plain, draped, or trimmed with ruffles
of the same stuff, or cut a la vierge, mod-
The Sixth Figure.
erately decollete either sleeveless or with
tbe old-fashioned puffed sleeve ending at the
elbow, in a word very good imitations of tne
village maiden costume, barring the long
gloves, dainty slippers, large fans slung at
the waist. Tulles, mulls, foulards, surahs,
sateens, crepes in soft, clinging folds are the
favorite materials for the participants in tbe
quadrille pose, which unlike the ordinary
lanoiers, fills the place of the "show dance"
of the evening, around which the flaneurs,
idlers and lookers-on in general gather to
enjoy, criticise and applaud.
The dames should take care that each
dress in the same set is different, and the
harmony of the figures should not be dis
turbed by the presence of one lady in a
watered silk, brocade or pattern dress. The
slippers call for thoughtful consideration.
Much of the stockings should be visible and
of course iu harmony with the color of the
dress; then the display of a shapely foot in
every pose lends a charm to the dance which
must be seen to be fully appreciated. In
order to give the dame an opportunity to
display a pretty foot dainty encased in
slippers with high heels, the dresses are
short, and so gathered at the waist as to
yield gracefully to every swing and turn of
the body.
No vulgar exhibition of jewels is per
mitted to mar the exquisite simplicity ot
these dresses in the quadrille pose. And
the hair, too, must be quaintly and pic
turesquely dressed, raised from the neck'
and coiled a la grecque with a fine old (it
must be old) tortoise comb set in the coil a
little to the side. Or the hair may be
massed in puffs on the top of the head after
the manner of the last century. Something
plain and sweet like a sprig of white lilacs,
a bunch of violets, heather or mimosa may
be nestled in the hair and a small 'bouquet
of roses be carried in the hand.
The quadrille pose is an altogether lovely
novelty for parlor or ballroom, which, when
gracefully performed, cannot fail to call
lorth the applause of the spectators: but
carelessly done, amid a buzz gf idle chit-chat
and by performers thinking of every imagin
able thing save the business in hand, the
Spanish jig would speedily be voted a bore.
Danced as it should be it would be an edu
cation in itself, and teach the noisy, bustling
crowd that the charm of Hogarth's line of
beauty is lost when merely flashed upon the
field of vision. E. E. L.
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