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THE BUFFALO COURIER. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY ^ WO.

BEMUS PIERCE AS A BOXER. I ' __

By W/ALTER Beinus Pierce, the famous Indian foot-

ball player, and coach, has decided to try his luck a t the fistic game. Rumors to this effect were circulated some weeks ago, but until the present week nothing positive w a s known of his intentions in

I n this picture the athletic young Red man is mixing it w i th his sparring partner. AI Weinig, Buffalo's fighting biker.

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MudfC Smitb and

Talks of Pacers.

OTTAWA'S ICE MEETING

^un Will Begin Next Tuesday to Con-

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Inue for Four Days—New Leiste

for Pt Breeza Track.

The great ice meeting at Ottawa, Can-Ada, will be inaugurated next Tuesday and continue four days. The ice races in this picturesque Canadian city are always the most important of the win-ter season. Advices from the capital s tate that the track in in fine shape, and many ontside horses have already ar-rived. W a t c h The Courier next Sun-day for a complete story o f how they m e * in winter time in .the Dominion.

• • • T i e historic Buffalo track may be

fenced in again next spring. There is some talk of using iron Posts and cor-rugated iron siding. It is possible that Buffalo Bill will occupy the grounds during the Pan-American year. It would not be surprising if arrangements were made also to hold m. couple of run-ning meetings at the ofd ground. Buf-fs Ionian* are getting hungry for a real race meeting on this side y f the river, and, if all this should come ro pass, there would be rejoicing down the line.

* • * Talk about immense stock farms. Mon-

tana takes the lead. There are 47.000 acres in Marcus Daly's Bitter Root Ranch, of which 30,000 are in pasture, and have been irrigated at a chost of $$MM)00. The number of persons em-ployed on t h e ranch ranges from 200 to HOO. according to the season, and the monthly pay-roll is never less thau $7.-600. It is said that the total cost of the establishment so far. including the live stock, exceeds $4,000,000.

Mr. George McCieary of this city, a well-posted turfite, is doing a lot of work this winter compiling catalogues and tabulating pedigrees for owners of higb-ctsss horses. His work borders on per-fection,, and in this special line, Mr. l i e O e a r y is deservedly popular.

• • * Mr. Charles Monnen, of Amherst

JJUffpf sjtfvee the gray paver Sinful, that for styieand speed is hard to beat. With the coming of springtime you will hear from this skiewheeler on the speedway. Iff. Monnen is an enthusiastic roadite, a foyai good fellow, and loves a good tane next to a square meal. Sinful was sired by T o m Allen, and took a record of 2:281-4, at Tiffin. Ohio, 1HKJ. but has been trials much faster.

• • • Aid. John Buseh still, owns Little Ben,

2:281-4. This ton o f -Ben Morrili was purchased In Canada some fifteen years agio by John Brndburn and Cauda Kimball for about 1600. and has always %een a great favorite in Buffalo. l i e took his record at Hamburg in 1887. l i t t l e Ben has a good home, and is still as frisky as a colt.

• • • The Niagara River road will undoubt-

edly be macadamised early next spring. S * boulevard, connecting Delaware

tk with Riverside Park Is also prom-ised before another fall. With all this completed, what a delightful outing trip i t will be over to Grand Island in sum-mer time. It will be the most popular d f t e t w e j out of Buffalo.

Mr. Joseph M. Gohn of Amherst Street and Delaware Avenue, the gentle-n a a who was sharp enough to sell his

?>lace to the Pan-American enterprise Or a snug fortune, is a leading roadite o f that section of the city. H e has wwswd many good ones in his day, and Jerauld like to ride behind a world's champion.

• « » The old-time trotting mare Lady Won-

%t»,»jdj2*Lby Tom Wonder, a horse o r i y d TirtVESifn years ago, died in Rochester a few days ago, aged about 3 0 years. She was owned at the time o f Her death by Mr. Edward Monaghan. 'In the long ago. Lady Wonder w a s unite a celebrated Western New York trotter, but she did not have a mark of 2:28. as Mr. Monaghan stated to a re-porter. H e must have been smoking, •when he told of that fast mile at Brad-ford. Pa. , which took place July 11. 187ft. There were six horses in this

for a $ti00 purse, Cricket. Lady Taylor, Lady Jane. Andy Dill,

and ftparta Girl. Cricket won the first t w o heats, and Lady Wonder the next three, and race. Time. 2:40. 2:41, 2:42, 2:41. 2 * 2 . Hence Lady Wonder's cor-rect record is 2:41. If she ever went m faster mile it has never been officially credited to her. Some people like to tell s w i f t stories to reporters.

• • • The Western New York driver. Mr.

FASCINATING COMPLEXIONS.

That soft, smooth, rose-tint-ed c—aJcilou so much de-sire* can be obtained by the on* of WOODBURY'S fac ia l Soap and Facial C m n . They possess Btar-

paner fee seftaatealaa the eaten. 5 » life and tone to the skis; beeotf

and preserving the "

L. C. Mauley, has leased famous Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia. For some reason Philadelphia has always been a poor place for light harness racing, but matinee races have caught the old town. Poolselling is not allowed at Point Breeze, but at the same time poolrooms flourish within a stone's throw of the city hall. Quakertowu is a funny ola place.

• • * Harvey D. Ernst, another old Buffalo

boy, is doing business down in Syracuse this winter, and of course has several trotters and pacers. Mr. Ernst h a s laid away a barrel of money for a rainy day, and is all right. It takes a Bison to get there.

• • * The sixfv first annual fair at Batavia,

N. Y.. will l>e held September 17, 1900, following the Erie County fair at Ham-burg. Wagon races for trotters and pacers will be made a feature of the light harness programme this year, and the roadites of Western New York will have plenty of sport contesting for the championship prizes.

• * • The Hon. J. D. Yeomans, formerly of

this city, in company with Col. P. D. Stout of Du Buque, Iowa, has purchased the 120 acres fo the Mount \ ernon es-tate in Virginia, known as the River Farm-on-the-Potomae, once owned by George Washington. It will be operated as a breeding farm. Mr. Yeomans Will remove all of his trotting stock now in Iowa, to the new purchase.

• * * Several Buffalonians were in attend-

ance at the New York sale the past week. Watch out for some new "screamers" on the speedway now. Some of our gentlemen delight in buying a crackerjack under cover just for the sport of fooling the other fellows.

• . • * Hamilton. Out., has joined the Canad-

ian spring circuit and will give a trot-ting ineetiug June 26-28. This will be good news to Buffalonians, as many horsemen prefer going there in prefer-ence to Bradford, Pa., because the fields of starters will be smaller, and you will uot have to go so fast to get the money. It is all right to go to Bradford if you have a Grand Circuit prospect, the same as Nerva Patchen. 2:08 w a s last year, but otherwise, Hamilton is the place.

• * * Mr. John Bradburu, who has been su-

perintendent of A'illage Farui for over twenty years, is .spending a short vaca-tion, visiting bis old home at St. Cathar-ines. Ont. Mrs. Bradburn is with him. It is very seldom that Mr. Bradburn goes away on a pleasure trip, and his many fr«*ud wish nim a royal good time. In speaking of the ice races at Ottawa, commencing next Tuesday, Mr. Brad-burn said yesterday: "How I would like to be there. Years ago I used to cam-paign frotu St. Catharines clear down to Quebec every winter- I think they used to race more in winter time over in Canada back in the *70's than at pres-ent; at any rate, us horsemen were on the go from town to town from Decem-ber until the 1st of April. I remem-ber one race meeting over the ice a* late as April 15th. Great times in those days. 1 am glad to hear that Hamil-ton is going to give a meeting June 26-28. Several years ago Village Farm sent its crack racing stable to this Canadian chy. and it is possible they may con-clude to make a few entries this year. Of course, Mr. Geers will uot go. for his racing stable will be reserved for the Grand Circuit. The outlook for a good season at Village Farm, from a breed-ing point, is very bright. Now that real-ly g'sxl horses are very scarce, the farm-ers are going back to raising colts again, as well a s gentlemen of leisure who do so for recreation, w l i eh is a good sign. The tide of prosperity is coming back again."

• * • Mr. Harry Hamlin is ou a business

trip to the City of Mexico at present. Hal Pointer. 2:04 1-2. which he purchased In Detroit' recently, has been sent to Vil-lage Farm. _,

• * * Mr. A. K. Perriu of this city will soon

retire from his retail carriage repository on Maiu Street. It is his intention to pay his whole attention in the future to the wholesale manufacture of his fa-mous road wagon and speeding cutters. At present there are a greater number of the Perriu wagons used on the New York speedway than all others combined. It's Greater Buffalo against the world.

A Tonawauda gentleman of promi-nence in the horse world, is talking of building a large stock barn on his farm next spring, and go into the breeding business on quite an exteusive scale. The fever is catching again.

• • • Lady of the Manor. 2:04 1-4. the pac-

ing queen, has been bred to Direct Hal , Village Farm's new $10,000 pacer. The pacers Lotus, 2:141-4, and Some Pump-kin*. 2:211-2. have also been booked to

{the same horae.

Sunol. 2:081-4, ex-queen of the turf, purchased by the late Rbbert Bonner for $38,00t» several years ago, was sold in New York the past week at auction for $4,000.

• » * There has not been sufficient snow for

racing in Buffalo for racing in Buffalo the past week, hence the speedway has been deserted.

7 • * * Mr. George W. Chad wick, a weM-

known horseman of Grand Rapids, Mich., died'the past week, aged 62 years. H e was a native of Genessee County, N. Y.

s e e William Shinners. the veteran trainer

and driver of Buffalo, is spending the winter at his native home, Watertown, N. Y. Mr. Shinners first brought out Billy S., 2:141-4, driven to his record by William B . McDonald: Mascots, 2.-04, driven to his record by Will iam J . An-drews: Cracksman, 2:131-4, driven to his record by George E. Lattimer, and many other fleet nags.

« a • The new running track on the L a n *

farm i* regarded as a sure thing by* some people. Others shake their head*. T i m e wift.ieJL - • _____ :

F R A N K G. S M I T B .

this respect. The writer is now in a position to state that the gigantic young red man. who coached The University of Buffalo football team through a most successful season last year, has became a full-fledged fighter, and within a few weeks scores of friends and admirers iu and about Buffalo may have an opportun-ity of seeing him perform in a local ring Pierce has been quietly training, and picking up information about the 'boxing game from Sammy Callahan, and Al Weinig, and he is now said to be not only quite proficient at boding, but is a terrific hitter. He is naturally uuick. This he showed in his five years' playing on the Carlisle Indians' football team, when he made more long runs than any other player on the team. Pierce was considered one of the strongest lads on the team, and his pluck was never ques-tioned. 'He was always found in the fhick of the scrimages. and through his daring, prowess and generalship he be-came captain of the eleven, which posi-tion he filled with much success for three seasons. The players on the U. of B . team developed much respect for Bemus Pierce's prowess, and skill in handling the pigskin during the time he coached them last year. T h e young giant handled the largest men on the eleven as though they were infants. The U. of B. 'boys urged the Indian to try his hand at the glove game. He had often boxed at college, and floored many a fresh young man in his tiane. But not until he got in with the Buffalo boys did the idea of becoming a professional boxer enter his mind. One of the V. of B. players introduced Pierce to Al Weinig, and he assisted the latter in training for several of his battles.

Pierce, who is possessed of tremendous reach proved an excellent sparring part-ner for the fighting biker, and accord-ing to Weinig and Callahan he was quick to pick up the points of the game. The big fellow has been boxing regularly since the close of the football seasou. and his tutors now consider him good enough to put up a strong argument with any of the rising young heavy-weights. Pierce is 26 years old, weighing in condition close" to 200 pounds. He stands over 0 feet in height, and is well proportioned. The Courier in this issue ptfblisb.es three pictures of the gigantic young Indian, ft will be seen that ho possesses the long tapering, supple mus-cles characteristic of his race, and in-dicative of great speed, ami his should ers are massive. His wonderful reach is also shown off to good advantages. It is the intention of Weiuig and Callahan to match the Indian against some fairly good heavyweight for bis initial trial in public, and they are confident that he will more than hold his own with any of the boxers in or around Buffalo. Callahan says that Pierce is exception-ally aggressive, a good judge sof dis-tance, and a punishing hitter with either hand. He is bound to put up a fierce fight against any man be meets. How successful he will be remains to be seen.

M a t c h i n g B r a e a n d C a n s . *

Buffalonians who take any interest in the fighting game were doubtlessly pleased to read in yesterday's Courier that the mucb-talked-about Erne-Gans battle had been clinched, for it had be-gun to look to many, owing to Al Her-ford's demands that the match would fizzle through before being made. Man-ager George Considiue of the Broadway Club, however, by clever diplomacy, brought the boxers together and effected a compromise between them on the trou-blesome weight question. In the first place Gan's manager wanted to have the weight 135 pounds, but Erne's man-ager said that the weight must be the lightweight limit, 133 pounds ringside. They argued for two or three days, and finally on Friday night agreed and signed articles to weigh 133 pounds at 5 o'clock. Hereford's persistency, it will be seen, gained a poiut for him. His protege, it is understood, finds it a difficult task to do 133 pounds at the ringside, while Erne can make even lighter weight and be strong and fit. As matters stand nnw Gaus can weigh 136 on entering the ring and Erne scarcely weighs that today, even before he has started training for the bout. The difference, however, will not be so great as to effect the result materially. The making of the match at the weight named simply goes to show that Hereford is fully Tom O'Rourke's equal in making a match. There seems no good reason why Erne's manager should have conceded an ounce, for the recognized lightweight limit is 133 pounds. And this means 133 pounds at the time of battle, not 130 or 13K pouuds. It was Erne's right to insist on bis opponent getting to the proper weight. If by doing so Gaus would im-pair his own chances. Erne's chances would be benefitted accordingly, and in the pugilistic game men are always, or should be always for advantages. There is no money to be made or laurels to be gained by conceiting the advantages to the other fellow. If Gans wanted a chance to contest for the lightweight championship very badly he would have finally signed to do 133 ringside. Erne, doubtlessly, has every confidence in his ability to beat Gans and for this reason and rather than be termed stubborn, he gave in and instructed Manager Smith to agree to the compromise. The battle should be one of the prettiest of the season, for these men are surely about the fastest and most skillful pair in the lightweight division. Gans will have

is fully Erne's equal at blocking. b»t in footwork, feinting and general skill,- the champion appears to be a shade th« bet-ter. Gans i s very much of a waiter. H e showed that in this citv when he bored Billy Ernst. He allowed the "Bad Dutchman" to do the forcing and lead-ing, while he met the rushes withs pun-ishing left jolts to the jaw, interspersed with occasional right drives to wind and head. B y all accounts the mulatto also let SpiEe Sullivan do all the aggressive work, taking no chances ou leadingdaiin-self. In this way he managed to punish Spike badly. Erne says that Spike by his aggressive tactics just fed Clans, giving him many easy opportunities to do e l ec t ive countering. Erne will not take such chances. H e will by his superb feinting and foot work force Gaus to do his share of the leading, while Erne will attempt to do some rib-roasting and jaw-shaking by w f y of reciprocity. Many Buffaloniaus will doubtlessly witness this contest.

J o e Leonard Train ing; w i t h Krue.

It has not been generally known that Joe Leonard, the game and aggressive Buffalo featherweight, has for some weeks past been a member of Frank Erne's training sraff. Such has been the case, however. Leonard, with n*g Jim Fitzpatriek, worked out with the lightweight champion every day, while the latter was training for his proposed second battle with Jack O'Brien—the one that did not take placet Leonard was at that time preparing for his bat-tle with Johnny Lavack. It is scarcely necessary to add that he picked tip many useful pointers while boxing with the champion. Those who witnessed the youngster's work in his contest with the Ohio champion, who had seen him in previous bouts here, were surpriscfd at his showing. Billy Lavigne, who re-fereed the bout, was the most surprised one of the bunch. H e had seen Leon-ard tight Kid Herrick, and was amazed at the improvement he showed in his go with Lavack. He used excellent Judg-ment of distance, and did effective work with both hands. Leonard is doing his

, indoor work for his coming contest w i t h Harry Johnson iu Erne's gymnasium, and he continues to improve under Erne's able coaching. Frank will in all probability be in Leonard's corneSr on the night of the 22ud, when he faces the clever Pittsburg champion. Frank Zimpler and George Salce. Erne's traiu-ers and seconds, are also working with Leonard, and they pronounce him in superb condition already, and down to weight. Johnson continues to train faithfully at the gymnasium of the park-side Wheeling Club. He is a hard worker, and is rapidly getting into first-class trim. H e will be heavily backed by tin" members of the club, and he pro-mises them that he will "deliver the

goods." Local H e s v y w e l K h t llo. ara Fal l s and Tonawauda was $710 and' the report says this would have beets! greater but for the difficulty in securing, rights of way. The supervisors and high-< way commissioners in the towns of Niag-* ara and Wheatfield all refused their con-j s en t s to building sidepaths along the rivew road. The situation was further com-plicated by the new state law preventing^ the commission from building sidepaths* inside the city limits of North Tonawan-da and Niagara Fal ls , and it w a s t h i s prohibition that prevented the commls-. sion from building continuous paths from the end of Hie brick pavements - to tbe> various nearby points which wheelmen desire to visit.

A m e n d S t a t e L a w . »

The report goes on to say that ths^ state law will probably be amended during the present session to permit commissioners to build inside city limits-with the consent of the Common Coun-cils. If this is done a continuous path will be built between Tonawanda, Niag- : ara Falls , Lewiston and Youngstowh t . the month of the Niagara.

The commissioners say in v iew of tho fact that the Pan-American Exposition: will be held in 1901 it is very desirable' that the path between Loekport and1 North Tonawanda should be completed^ during the coming season, and every ef-fort will be made to accomplish that purpose.

The Ransomville Whjeelmen with the / assistance of the commission built about i a mile of path during the year.

The board voted at the last meeting to* sell the first five hundred wheel em-' blems as follows: Si

One hundred at $5 each. 100 s t jSjj each and 300 at $1 each, making a tots l ' of $1,000, which shall be set aside f e * the construction of the first section of t, scenic sidepath from Loekport to L e w i s -ton. Th i s s idepsth would follow along the brow of the ridge all the w a y to* Lewiston, affording a magnificent v i e w of Niagara County northward all the way to the lake. The first 5 0 0 e m b l e m * ' would be considered badges of honor.

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