The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1876-05-20
CENTENNIAL.
Our Philadelphia Letter.

engagements with foreign and do
mestic clubs, which will make
this naval tournament one of the
events of the season. Prizes have
been offered to the amount of 49,.
600, which is thought sufficient to
secure the best talent. Crews are
definitely expected from Ham
burg, Brussels, Oxford, Cambridge,
London, Dublin, and active cor
respondence is being carried on
with crews at many other foreign
places, from some of which crews
are confidently expected. The
Yale and Harvard crews have
been approached on the subject,
but they were not willing to make
any arrangements yet, and prob
ably will not be, as they are tied
by more ties than one to the Sara
tOga course, and will without
doubt entirely refuse to row else
where. The other firSt-elass Am
erican clubs will be present. The
course up on the Schuyikill is an
excellent one, extending from the
Falls of the Schuylk i'll to Rock
land, two miles, or to Turtle Rock,
three miles, as the parties choose.
New boat houses are being built
and every preparation possible is
being made, to make those who
come to compete for the prizes
comfortable, at the least possible
expenses.
The new =" Undine" club house
is the finest of the kind in the
| world.
One of the branches which the
Board of Agriculture will have
under its care is dog show, which
will take place during the first
week of September. Entries for
this show will close on the first of
July, and many, indeed. have al
ready been made, as the prizes
offered in this class are numerous
and large. Sporting dogs natural
ly rank first, and their breed and
merits will be considered most
carefully by the judges, although
they. will have no opportunity of
determining the latter by seeing
them work. The setter in this
country comes first, followed close
ly by the tender hided pointer,
then come the spaniels, Irish We
trievers and fox hounds, terriers,
both Scotch and black-and- tan.
poodles, pups, spitzes, esquimaux,
grayhound5, lap dogs, and many
other varieties of pet dogs are en-
tered by their fond masters in the
hope of obtaining a prize or hav-
ing them "highly commended. ,"
OF course fighting stock in the
shape of bull dogs, white and
brindle, will not be wanting, and
some rare breeds, as the Cuban
and Russian 6loodhounds, prairie
dogs, and the feathered Kaffir dog
from India, are already on the
lists.
The Jersey Cattle Club have
just offered prize of 81, 900 for
the best Jersey COW, and are tax
ing measures towards the remov-
al OfSome of thesevere restrictions
placed upon entries in this class.
A party of about fifty Indians
have arrived in the City, under
the charge of the famous Texan
Scout, George Anderson, who are
to remain here during the sum
mer in lodgings and Indian tents
upon a reservation made for them
near the japanese buildings, about
$50 more are expected to join
them, as every tribe ofimportance
is to be represented by delegates
of both sexes. Those already here
have been escorted over the
grounds and through the build
ingS, but they exhibited no en-
or wonder at the inn
mensity of the undertaking, or
the beauty or value of any of the
exhibits, and indeed an occasion
al good" followed by a lazy
grunt was all that could be elicit
ed from them. Their guides sus-
pected they were trying the Mark |
Twain dodge upon them, but if
they did, they played their. part
SO we'll that no one has found |
them out.
In one of the preceding letters
l mentioned the bronze Pegasi in
front of Memorial Hall. AS it was
known that they were construct
ed for the Vienna Exhibition, but |
were never used, it became COM
monty believed that they were
there rejected from lack of merit. |
but were considered "good enough |
to ssuit American tastes" and |
were therefore placed, in lien of
something better, in this public
position. The authorities "inves-
tigated," as investigations appear
to be the order of the day. and |
found that they were originally |
intended to adOrn the roof Of the |
Vienna Grand Opera House, but
that building was not strong en-
ough to support their immense
weight of more than fifty tons,
and so they were laid aside until