THE SUNDAY OKEGOSIAN. PORTLAND, 'ffASCH 25, 1900. 29 - rf The Kopje. he konle emote the bllthenronir And ecrooned the trencherloen; nd trekked the busy dav alonir. And veiled the wintry moon. he kopje caugnt It In- the N'ek. And 1 roomed the laagers all; rhen calmly fllmmed a quart of eec. And dodged the lancers tall. be konle is a frummm Ktr-ht That's rarely seen hv men- fct's here at dawn, it's gone at night aiiu uien it's back apalnl Cleveland Plain Dealer. ITH THE SPORT LOVERS ebnll, Bench Shove, Improvement f Roads, Athletics, Golf and Tennis Current Topics. e Driving: Association Is meeting -with jrved encouragement In Its efforts to rove Portland's boulevards and drive- The ostenslb:e object of the as- Lt'.on is not to build or support race- Its, but to furnish the lovers of horses. flier they be riders or drivers, a pure ground worthy of the city. The jnt project Is to secure and improve lore accessible means of ingress to iacadam. or White House, road: then i-lden and to gravel the road, as far la as Riverside. The City Council backed up the association, by improv- itne streets leading to the road, as I us a portion or tne road itself. It also refused the frnnrhfso of Vi k-car line thereon, so now it will rest uie property-owners along the way, with Multnomah County, when the nation snail begin its good work. It Itended to make Maraflnm mn a fcway or boulevard of sufficient width l10W one Side Of tho rnnri in ho iivaA leavy wagons, and the other for pleas- lrcvers and wheelmen. Nor will the les Of the association 1a rnnfineri in throuchfare: St. Johns hnniovnrri Lv road, Base Line road and Section jjroaa win ail receive attention. The bell Will, no doubt, meet tho bnrsn- half way in this worthy object. California Going: Ennt. "University of California has made lite arrangements to send a strong rep arative track team East this year, tn .fete In the annual intercollegiate meet also to have dual meets with the r colleges. This Is an ambitious f but the showing made by the hand f athletes who went Easf two vAar bas encouraged the co'llpc- to t iuslons with Its whole team. There pe contests with Cornell, Columbia, sxiivania, Wisconsin, Princeton, Yale iicaco. beven of the 12 men hnw been selected. inehidinn- Trant Rn Drum, in the 100 and 220-yard ; aaogan, y and 440-yard dashes; Jell. 120 and 220 hurdles: -Rronoton V jump and 100-yard dash; Hoffman. ijump ana poie vault; Woolsey. put- uae enot ana xw-yard dash, and Plaw, Kier-throwfng and shot-putting. Iteam will leave Berkeley during the keek in April, and will meet Yale on lo. unusual Interest among local tes Is aroused over the pvmi c vi lis of the California men are pretty Iknown. and comnamUvn cintoc lly being prepared. I powers that be In the Eastern base Sarorld have, at last rnoVi r.m -- - - .t..t.h A7VAAAC If a decision as to what the National s wii jjive io tne public this com- ason. At their recent session in fork It was finally decided tn mn tague on an eight-club -basis, two tn and two Western ehihs hoinf. I'd. Cleveland and Louisiana tr.n-c.- f-d for obvious reasons tho nnnp en- lecorded to tne league teams in these peing tne prime cause. To offset "2s& i H list K 9k H L VHb fr this in the East, Washington and Balti more were Induced, through monetary con siderations, to relinquish their franchises. The players of these disbanded teams have been sold and otherwise distributed among tho other league teams and minor leagues. Season' Schedule. Tho schedule committee decided on a series of 140 games, each club to play 20 games with each of its opponents. The season opens April 19. The staff of um pires will consist of Robert Emslie, C. E. Swartwood, T. P. Connelly, H. O'Day and Tim Hurst, with the best of them all. Lynch, still without a job. The double umpire sytem was abolished, for the pres ent season. Another change will be the position of the home Olate. Thn n1nt "will in future be placed with the squaro edge, lnstea"d of the corner-, facing the pitcher. It Is hoped that this change will make the um pire's work on "balls" and "strikes" more sure, as the uncertain ball that barely "cuts the corner" will no longer be In evi dence as cause for wrangling. A change of importance In the playing rules was also adopted. Formerly a "balk" gave the batter his "base and the men on bases advanced one. Now the rule Is changed so that the base-runner advance. one base, but the batter does not go to first. The strong little Eastern League already has applications for fran chises In the abandoned cities, Balti more and Washington, but the matter for the present has been tabled by the league for consideration. Wavcrly Secured ProfcuHlonul. The WaverlyG-olf Club has been very fortunate In securing the services of a professional golf player, a gentleman espe cially imported for this club from the "land of the heather." John iloffatt comes to Portland very highly recommended, not onlj "by fellow-professionals, but by In fluential gentlemen-players, in the vicinity Edlnburg. It was through the kindly of fices of Mr. Edward L. L Blyth, of Edin burgh, father of Percy H. Blyth, of this city, that the Waverley'Club secured Mof- lait s services. Mr. Moffatt Is a young, energetic player, and comes to Portland from the Mussel burg golf links, near Edinburgh the oldest and most famous Units in Scotland. Pre vious to coming here he was In the em ploy of Willie Park, the champion pro fessional golfer of Scotland. Through his long experience with Park, Moffatt has become not only a very expert player and teacher, but also a first-class maker of clubs and balls. Just now his time Is very much taken up with the giving of Harrowing Memories. First Blue Rlbbonlte Ah! brother, "as you jay, temperance Is Indeed a. blessed thing! But may I ask what ued to be your special poison in the daj-a of bondage? Mine was that liquid known aa "Unsweetened." Second Blue Rlbbonlte Ah! brother, mine was Special Scotch. Both together A-a-a-a-n-a-ah! Ally Sloper. private Instructions to beginners; some of the club's crack players are also going through a course of stunts, under his guidance, on the quiet. A match game of basket-ball between players from the First National Bank and the bank of Ladd & Tllton was played at the M. A. A. C gymnasium last Tues day night, and was won by Ladd & Tilton by a score of 19 to 13. The winners were rather unfortunate in their team make-up, as only four clerks could be secured to play. However, a compromise was ar ranged, by which Phil Lombard, a clerk from another bank, was allowed to fill up the team. Then, in the final practice, an other member of the team, Dunbar, sprained his ankle, necessitating the im pressing of Lumgalr, another outsider. The result of the game has been the f or- m wSSaw matlon of a new team The Banks com posed of the pick, o'f the playing clerks of the several banks of the city, and which Is now ready to receive challeng-es. Thomas Cleland, of Ladd & Tilton's, will arrange matches. The Bench Shovr. Active preparations are going on to make tho initial bench show of the Port land Kennel Club a success. The dates are set and sanctioned by the Pacific Kennel League for April IS, 19, 20 and 2L Barely a month remains to get everything In readiness, but as premium and entry lists are about complete, and will be ready for distribution the latter part of the coming week, and as T. J. A. Tledemann, ona of the directors, has been untiring1 in his ef forts while in California to secure the best of judges and entries, tfnd has devoted considerable time on his 'return trip to drumming up dog men in the Willamette Valley towns, all that is now needed is proper local encouragement. The list of members of the club now contains SO well known names, and Is steadily increasing. The swimming competition among tho juniors of the M. A. A. C. has been In progress during the week, with the fol lowing results: In the first class. Sears defeated Harder, Markle defeated Miller, Mayo defeated Howe, and Haynes de feated Jones. In the semi-finals. Sears and Haynes were tho victors. In the sec ond class, Mulks defeated McAlpln and Wilcox defeated Mason, leaving Mulks and Wilcox in the finals. Among: the Tennis Players. Prom tho number of names handed In for classification among the tennis play ers, the courts of the club should be kept very busy during the Spring and Summer. Thirty-three names are classified, with W. A. Goss as the sole representative in class one. M. C. Cheal, C. D. Lewis, G. V. Le Farge and R. A. Letter aro put In class 2. The remaining names are segre gated among the three remaining classes. Two courts are now in excellent trim for playing, and, should the weather hold clear, they will soon be patronized. Mnnaeer Louis Goldsmith of tho T A A. C. baseball team, has called out the available material of the club for players for this season. The following 14 names have already been handed In: F. E. Wat kins, E. C. Connell, M. H. Whltehouse, G. Blumenthal, A. P. Watson. O. A. Smith, F. D. Thlelsen. J. A. DeFrance. W. S. Doscher. Jordan Zan, Bert Barrett, C. A. Craft, F. F. Freeman and Carll D. Lewis. Manager Goldsmith Intends to form his team of strictly bona fide members of the club, preferring to win without the aid of outside mnterial. Scrub ball will again ba encouraged. HOXORS FOR PORTLAND DOG. Secretary Tnylor, of Kennel Club, Has Champion Pointer. The Northwest cdrrespondent of the American Field has this to say about a local bird dog and his owner, in a recent Issue of that publication: "Your correspondent Is in receipt of two photographs of the pointer dog Bright, A. K. C. 62G19, owned by J. A. Taylor, of Portland. Both pictures, one of which Is taken on point, are exceptionally good re productions of an animal who will be heard from during the coming circuit of Pacific Coast shows. Brlght's owner wandered into the city of Victoria from a shooting trip in the wilds of Br.tlsh Co lumbia a few days before the entries for the Fall show had closed. . "Entirely oblivious to the merits of his animal from a bench show standpoint, yet desiring to contribute his quota to the success of the show. Taylor entered Bright in the open classy Tt rpnjifrvi out a few glances from the experienced eye oi juage jcu t. fayne to announce that the animal was entitled to the magnificent $40 Silver tTODhv offered for th host of the breed exhibited. Once the award was made, Mr. Taylor's gratification and sur prise afforded food for enjoyment to the 'vets' In attendance until the olrw nf h show. The proverbial attention eupposea xo De lavisnea by the "young Idea' upon his first firearm dwindled Into Insignificant neglect beside the consuming adoration which Brlght's proud owner showered upon him. "Mr. Payne afterward nrnnnnmi Bright to be the best show pointer, with pcssiDiy one exception, on the Paclflo Coast. Incidentally, the- award has trans formed a nominal fancier Into an enthu siastic supporter of bench 'shows and all their pertainlngs. for Mr. Taylor is now secretary of the newly-organized Portland Kennel Club. Bright should easily win his championship honors In the coming circuit of Pacific Coast shows." BIG TROTS VS PROSPECT. ArranKements Making to Tiring- the FaKt Stallions Together. "There, is now," writes H. T. White In the Chicago Tribune, "practically no doubt that the feature of the trotting turf this year will be a series of races In which the most celebrated stallions will take part. "It so happened that the campaign of 1S99 brought more stallions into promi nence as possible record-breakers than had ever before come out in one season, and, although none of them equaled the 2:05& of Directum, It was evident a quartet Tommy Britton, Peter the Great, Bingen and Cresceus was at hand, any one of which had a fair chance, if trained espe cially for a mile dash against the watch. "Ever since the season closed, there has been talk of getting two or more of these horses to start In a race against each BRONCO "BUSTING" . --v "gS -- . -sfess :nfeQOp other, and the Tribune Is able to an nounce that such a race is now as good as made, and that. In all probability, it will take place over -the Washington Park track, in this city, directly after the close of the running meeting. As the plan is now outlined by those having the matter in charge, the chief attraction of the day will be a race between Tommy Britton, Cresceus and any other stallions whoso owners care to enter them for the liberal purse to be offered. "Two other races for purses of $1009 each, one for trotters and one for pacers, will also be given, the three events form ing a day's sport in the way of harness racing seldom offered. Frank S. Gorton, one of the owners of Britton, is anxious Chicago shall be given the first of tho stallion races. If any are to be trotted, and, as one of the directors of the Wash ington Park Club, he believes one day of trotting and pacing, with the free-to-all stallions as a star attraction, would draw a paying crowd at the gate, and give the large contingent of harness horse lov ers in Chicago a taste of the sport to which they Incline." nAltVARD ATHLETICS. Many Crerrs on River and Activity In All Other Sports. Harvard College has taken a start In all branches of athletics. The crew, track and lacrosso men are out of doors and the baseball men are busy In the cage. The Newell Club got a start on the Weld of MAKING RHINO USEFUL g a fern - WmK "1 say. Rhino, that's a bandy arrangement two days, but everybody is hard at work, and 10 or a dozen eights, besides half a dozen four-oars and more pairs and sin gles, are out dally. Before the end of the season Harvard will "have 30 crews at work. The first race will be between the class crews from the Newell and Weld Clubs. The winners of these races will have a go for the class championship, and then graded club crews will be formed. After these have raced will come the 'varsity, about May L Tho baseball m6n are working hard ev ery day and are making fast prdgress. A number of the l&M wamlRlntr iVipn hnvn been dropped for the present. In order to give more room to th hotter Tilnvnre. Battlng practice 13 forming an important part of the work, and the coaches are well satisfied with the showing. The track men have been working out doors for some time. Tho sprinters and jumpers have been playing handball, and the long-distance men have taken a long walk, ending with a short run. The weight men have been at work In the gymnasium. Trainer Lathrop has begun to keep ac count of the men that practice, for ho does not Intend to have any of the point winners fall to practice, for Harvard has none too many of them. Boxing is also extremely popular this Winter. Some years ago a man was killed while boxing in some games at Harvard. For a few years boxing gloves were not allowed insidt the gymnas'.um, but last year the feeling so far subsided that there wag boxing In the annual In door games, which are not to be held this year. This year there 13 exceptional in terest In tho sport. Steve O'Donnell and J. J. Foley, two well-known lights of the ring, are giving instructions, and fully 100 pupils are under them. WILL XOT RACK RACING. Bicycle Trust Will "Sot Give Support to Professionals. It Is now pretty well established that the bicycle trust has no intention of back ing the bicycle-racing game, either by maintaining teams or by giving financial support. The papers have had many paragraphs the past two months, hinting at plans the trust had for aiding cycle racing in the Interest of the general pub licity of cycling and the particular adver tisement of Its wheels. It now seems to have been a mere free advertising scheme In line with the publicity bureau work of the advertising department. Racing men with sosy dreams of the salaries and ex pense funds of the olden time, when they attempted to follow up the stories to a practical conclusion, discovered that they had been the victims of a mere advertis ing dodge. As a matter of fact, the only real and systematic support of the racing game Is coming from the Independent makers. One of these concerns, an official of which is a trustee of the Cycle Trades Protective As sociation, the anti-trust organization, has been the main promoter of the middle distance and motor cycle racing game, and even went so far as to lease last season a track for the encourageent of the sport. Another independent maker has signed Frank Kramer, the amateur champion, and In his professional career this season he will be mounted on the bicycle of this firm. EXTRAORDINARYHE HAD : BOWLERS AND BOWLING ? OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE INTER STATE CONTEST. Novel Handicap Tournament of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club Gossip. Announcements at tho close of the ln- ! terstate bowling match credited the Com- i mercial Club with having w6n third place. I by beating the Seattle Bowling Club by one game. The official returns show that this was a mistake, and that tho two teams mentioned tied for third place, with 21 games won and 19 lost. Tho official scores show the final stand ing of the teams on pins to have been as follows: Multnomah 10,460, average 43.58; Seattle Athletic Club 9799, average 40.83; Commercial 9649, average 40.20; Se attle Bowling Club 9595, average 29.9S; Tacoma. 9227, average 3S.45; Arlington S694, average 36.21. Arlington leads on "balls rolled," with 5549; on "missed balls" with 2004, and on "wild balls," with 244; S. B. C. scored 17 wild balls, Tacoma 113, Com mercial S3, S. A. C. 82 and Multnomah 39. Multnomah leads easily on "centers," with you've got there. Glad I brought you alone." Scrape. 476, Commercial getting 432. Arlington 412, S. A. C. 411, S. B. C. 410, and Tacoma 403. Arlington scored 90 "geese"; Tacoma 63, S. B. C. 5L Commercial 46, S. A. C. 27. Multnomah 26. Multnomah shines alone In "hit: the king-pin" column, with 1851; Commercial has 1711. S. A. C. 1710, S. B. C. 16S6, Tacoma 1600 and Arlington 14S1. The record on "strikes" Is, Multnomah 874, S. B. C. 773, Commercial 75S, S. A. C. 737. Tacoma 705. Arlington 655. S. A- C. leads on "spares," with 6S2, Tacoma has 650. Multnomah 647. Commercial 638. S. B. C. 622, Arlington 5S0. "Strikes lost," S. B. C. S3, Tacoma 63. Arlington 62, Com. merclal 41. S. A. C. 40. Multnomah 33. "Spares lost," Tacoma 263. S. A. C. 193. Commercial 169. S. B. C. 163. Multnomah 144, Arlington 154. "Percentage of missed and wild balls." Multnomah .264. S. A. C. .307, Commercial .314. S. B. C. .341, Taco ma .358, Arlington .405. Other Results. The highest sub-series total was made by Multnomah, 1120; the lowest by Arling ton, 714. The highest team game was made by Commercial, 312; the lowest by Arlington, 149. The best team sub-series percentage was made by Multnomah, .2tL In individual work, Buckman, of Mult nomah, gets first place, both on pins and percentage. Idleman, of Multnomah, gets the beat single game, SO, and Morris, of Arlington, the lowest, 13. F. O. Burck- uurui scores tne Dest sub-series percent age. .082. Craft scored the best four games, 220. Richard St. Clair has resigned the chair manship of the bowling committee of the Oregon Road Club, and J. R. Richards has succeeded him. Mr. St. Clair has made a very capable chairman, and the bowlers regret his retirement Mr. Richards Is one of the most enthusiastic bowlers In tho club, and will no doubt prove a good man for the place. The bowling alleys In the new Multno mah clubhouse will be far more attractive than the quarters in the old building. Much more room for spectators and howl ers will be provided, and better light will be obtainable. The approach to the allejs will be lengthened four feet, giving 15 feet in all, and the spectators' space will be about twice as large as that In the pres ent house. It Is thought that the alleys will be Installed In the new house prior to June 1. Tho Spokane Amateur Athletic Club Is running a novel handicap tournament at "cocked hat," which has aroused great Interest among the bowlers at that club, and it would be a stroke of good policy for af.v of the Portland clubs to arrange a similar contest. It is a handicap team tournament, each team consisting of two men. There are 12 teams entered, and each team bowls three games with every other team entered. The graetest number of games won decides the victor. Prizes are given as follows: First, to team winning the most games; second, to highest Individual average; third, for highest Individual game. Some, splendid scores aro being made, and there Is a very spirited contest on. A consid erable number of games have already been played, and Reynolds and NIcholl3 are leading by a good margin, Brasch and Connor being second. The highest game up to date Is 66, made by Arnold: while Reynolds, with 43.09, holds the lead in individual average. This would be creditable to bowlers of longer experience than the Spokaneltes. The name of Yocum appears among the l'st of bowlers. This Is probably Ed Yocum, BEEN THERE BEFORE. formerly of Multnomah. He has a trunk. iuii or medals, and the boys wonder why he Is hovering so near to the bottom of the list. Results to Date. The standing up to the present time Is as follows: CONTESTANTS. Reynolds and NIcholls. Brasch and Connor.... Penfield brothers Kllham and Hebbard.. Ray and Primley .761 .666 .621 .514 .454 .444 .sss .333 .333 272 'l200 tmun ana Scott Thompson and Lemon.. M. Adams and Tiffin.... Campbell and Johnson. W. Adams and Butler.. Stanger and Yocum. .... Ware and Mayer Culllson's team missed a fine opportunity to win "for keeps" the Multnomah team medals last Monday night. It started out well, but fell badly in the last two games, losing the medals by 12 pins, the winning team. Bailey, Craft; Ball and. Freeman, getting a comparatively small total. Cul llson again did fine work, but the rest of the team "flunked." The new winners should be the final winners, as, besides being flm-class bowl ers, they have a very liberal allowance. These contests are crowing in popularity, and it Is probable that the management will set aside another night for bowling, as so many teams desire to participate that the contests aro too long for one nisht. BASEBALL FIXES ILLEGAL. Nothing Jn-Contracts GIvInsr Right to Penalize Players. "There Is nothing," said a member of tho Chicago baseball team recently, "In the baseball contracts, Ironclad In favor of the employer as they are, which gives a management any right to collect a money fine frbm a player. Where such fines are collected, it is simply an illegal extortion. There is no limit to which a club may go. The entire salary may bo confiscated and tho player forced to do nate his services to his employers. He has absolutely no redress so far as seeking new engagement, "where he will be more fairly treated, la considered, as the con tracts are perpetual and make a virtual slave of a hired man, as long as the man agement wishes to hold him. "When a man knows his rights, how ever, and has tho "backbone to Insist upon them. It is not quite so bad. Anson once undertook to assess a fine against me for a minor infraction of the rules. I was at fault, and if he had come at me right, I would have admitted it, and promised not to offend in the same way in the future. But Mr. Anson roared at me: '1 fine you ?50, and tho fine goes. "That made mo redheaded, and I re forted with: 'Not much. You have no right to fine me, and you know It. If you don't like my actions discharge me; give me a release. If you try to take that JS0 out of my salary, I'll go Into court, and then we'll see what good your one sided contract Is.' "That la just what the management did not want, and Anson changed front In an Instant. He canceled the fine, and from that day to this no attempt has ever been made to fine me. although I am ready to admit that there have been occasions when a little discipline wouldn't have hurt me. "What becomes of the money assessed as fines and taken out of the players' sal aries? Ask me something easy. I don't know" I have heard It was spent for wine at the meeting of the magnates, but my private impression to that most of It Is retained In the club treasuries and the profits increased that much. It Is a good thing for unscrupulous men who want to swell the financial resources of their clifbs." Slakes the Pace Warm. Tho. sensational plunging1 of Stovo L Hommedleu, who left there recently, Is not so greatly missed at the Hot Springs (Ark.) poolrooms, because of the arrival of "Pittsburg Phil." who commenced at once to cut and slash. Eole Pearsall, the Eastern bookmaker, had been backing the ponies with staggering amounts, but Phil easily took the lead. The noted plunger at once asked the "bookies" what be was to expect. They got together and agreed to let him wager $5000 In each room on favorites. They limited him to 52500 on 2 to 1 shots, $1000 on horses with odds of 3 to 1 against. How Did He Know. Employer (showing: his watch to his cterk, who arrives too late in aa office) Just loolc here. Mr. Miller. Clerk Ooyful) Ah. the beautiful watchf; xnamc you very mucn. now aid you know that today Is my birthday anniversary? Me" Bendorfer Blaetter. 1 $S0O 4 to 1 and ?500 on horses with odds posted of 5 to 1 or better. Phil does not bet upon the result of every race, but usually plays the limit on at least two of the races run at San Francisco and three at New Orleans. Princeton May Have a Crevr. The advisability of putting a university crew on the water this spring Is a sub ject which is causing considerable inter est at Princeton college, just now. For many reasons It has been found Impos sible In tho past to turn out a first-class eight, at Old Nassau, tho principal one being the fact that there is no river with in nine miles of Princeton, the only fa cility being the Rarltan canal, a body of water only 30 feet In width. The new trol ley road from Princeton to Trenton. N. J., has now, however, agreed to furnish rapid transit to the Delaware river, so that the crew candidates can reach It In 35 min utes and row there. The introduction of a Princeton crew would bring a new feat ure Into intercollegiate aquatics. WILL RECEIVE ATTENTION PRIZES FOR BOXERS AST "WREST LERS AT PARIS EXPOSITION. English and French Styles o Scrap ping: Contrasted Mauling: WIU Feet a. Gallic Pastime. "La boxe et la lutte constitute one of tho sections in the long list of athletlo sports scheduled for Paris for the coming season," writes the special correspondent of tho Chicago Tribune from tho French capital. "That is to say." he explains, "boxing and wrestling are to receive sci entific attention at the hands 6f the com mission appointed to arrange and con trol the programmo of this branch of; spectacular athletics." The French are commonly supposed by their critics beyond the boundaries ofi their own republic to be adepts only in tho use of the foils, or In directing balloons, mULthey are thereoy. according to tho Tribune man. woefully misjudged. He says that the herculean pastime, wrest ling. Is now taking much of their time and gesticulation, while as for boxing, ever since Charlemont "kicked out" Dris coll. that they are more than ever impas sioned with the Idea of glove encounters. For those who may be entirely unac quainted with the subject of boxing as practiced Jy the French. It will be neces sary to explain that In French boxing the use of both the hands and feet Is allowed. There are rules and rules regulating tho French style of contest, just as there aro rules for the English, or American, Mar quis of Queensberry set-to, but the chieC difference between the two styles lies in the fact that the French use their gloves and their shoes with equal freedom. In fact, by the French method, the dexterity with which the combatants' feet are em ployed constitutes tho essential feature. French "Cleverness." "Clever work." French style, means ability to land on your opponent, not with wonderful arm sparring, but with a quiet and powerful movement of the feet. Tho practiced French boxer aims at his adver sary with his right or left foot, in an at tempt to reach him at any point from, the tatter's shins to his eyebrows. Tho "coup" in a French contest which in variably brings rounds of applause 13 that in which one of the boxers gets past th& other's guard and taps him with the- ball of his foot, either gently, or like a load of brick. In the face. Such acrobatic high, kicking as that Is not learned In. a minute It requires long training. The French Indulge In boxing, not for the purpose of cultivating and encourag ing contests between professionals to a finish, but for its physical education, and from the standpoint of the need of know ing the "manly art" in its useful form. If, for example, two Frenchmen, by chance, become transported by the frenzy of their dispute to the point of blows a circumstance which, to the credit of tho French. Is comparatively rare, but which is amply compensated by the' exquisite gutter languago which flows and furl3 about the scene they aim to maim each other by a well-directed kick. Warning if you havo a quarrel with a native In ono of the dark streets of Paris, look out for; his feet. English and A'merlcan visitors In Paris listen every day to cabmen or other demo cratic specimens of the commonwealth "Jaw" one another in the most oxtrava gant terms, and with gesticulations that to the uninitiated "promise well," only to be disgusted at the end of 10 minutes to observe that they are not going ta fight after all. Fljsht Like Kangaroos. When the unexpected happens, and that can only happen when the cabmen happen to be on the ground, instead of on their boxes, as they would not descend for tho purpose, they go at each other with their feet, like two kangaroos. Thus it Is not difficult tO COmiirehend tho T-oncnn -rV.,, .French boxing Is done largely with tha This year in Paris, says the Trlbuno correspondent, there Is to bo a big pro gramme of boxing, and It will comprise both tho French and the English styles. It must be understood th.it "RnfiioVi wr Ing (la boxe anglalse) Is far from being uuiwown in jfaris. on the contrary, It Is well known and adhered to. even by a great many Frenchmen. And. tn nil nr- pearances, In a spirit of perfect Impar tiality, tne committee has given opportu nity for just as much English boxing as for French boxing. The classifications are: PnM5 immia heavy-weights), poids -moyens (middle weights), and poids legers (lightweights), both for professionals and .amateurs, in the boxe anglalse. In the boxe Francalso there are only two classes, heavy-weights and lightweights. There are three prizes in each category 5000. 2500, and 1000 francs. A world's championship is offered In each class, the prize for which is 25.000 francs. The same inducements are held out for the French boxing, open "to professors and professionals," in -the professionals' class. Then the chief feature of the whole af fair, If It can be brought about, is to ba abig concluding and convincing contest be tween the champion of English boxing and the champion of French boxing In each category. Just how a lightweight, for example, Is going to be matched against a heavy middle-weight has not yet been explained, but "tout s'arrange," and if the principals agree, surely the public will bo willing to stretch a point In rules, without prejudice to anybody's record. For the wrestlers a tournament for pro fessionals Is scheduled. The classes are: Gros poids (extra heavy-weights), poids lourds, poids moyens and poids legers. The prizes in each class are 3000. 2000, 1003 and 500 francs. The world's championship will be decided from the winners of each class." Fallen From Grace. In 1899 Tommy Burns led the list of jockeys In this country in the number of winning mounts. During the racing year he had 920 mounts, his record of wins be ing 2S2. This success, however, appears to have had a bad influence upon tho clever young rider, and for refusing to ride Sly at Oakland, Cal.. a few weeks ago, when ordered to do so by the judges, he-was suspended Indefinitely. This pen alty is liable to stand some time, as -Burns' work in California this winter has not been above suspicion. The turf con gress, to whom Burns has applied for a renewal of his license, favors drastic methods in deallntr with rirtAr rvhnea. jockeyshlp Is open to suspicion. . .; ,"3iKW45i New York WorM.