The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-25
SPORTING NEWS.
The Latest Feats OF the Turf.
Rerattas, Billiard Matches, Pedestrian Con
tests, Etc.
THE TURF.

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THE TURF.
Here are the prices Robert Bonner has pa.a aaa
for some of his trotters: For Pocahontass,
s35 900 and another horse; for DexaI 90 sod p ono
sa30OO Edward Everett 800 O0O Starte SIg"o' 200
Edwin Forrest $4,000 Lady st9ue Stout, 1ip,u, hnraa
Grafton $1,000, Bruno $le;;g"U5b "5o AJ Joe Elliott
$1sooo' ooo Maa M"eses Mesy si6ooo Mambrlno BERTHE
sioooo ' Dick Jamison $4,000, Maybird edn $Meaoo M
Lantern and Light $4,000 Music ssev s ssoe sars
full sisters to Dsxtsr, 200 So" sio6G. o Primes I'm,
,,e,sai Flora Temples son. $50oO Flatbush
kG,id kaid s4opo. Erie $4,000 joan Taylor $1,000, -
~ b,ai Wnodr,lff $4,000, Centennial $3oO0 Lucy
G1uyIer $4,000, Walton $4,000, ths Oanaaa mr,n roam
saa1o the Carpenter horse $4,000, the boston
grav team $1,000, Elsie Venner $4,000, Ada
buroc $4,000. Ella Sherwood $1,000 heoe $l5oO,
Grafton's dam $780, Carl Burr $780, Malice
Morse colt $1,000, Uncle Sim $1,000, dam q
Cnrn Ii. $1,000, Princess $1,000. The list of
itsnlf amnnts to s3al, 700. But In addition 70
t4aae tftJttoncd Mr. Bonner hus large num-
erai yolng mares and goldings of great speed
That he purchased at prices ranging below
$1,000.
The Saratoga Association has issued Its pro
gramme for the two meetings W % ruh dhr- Us
Ing July and August. The. first meeting be-
gins July 10 and continues during the twenty
seeond. twenty-fourth, twenty-slxth, twenty
ninth, thirty-iirst and August 2. The second
meeting begins August g. and continues on
the seventh ninth, twelfth, fourteenth. six
taenth. eighteenth and twentieth. In addi-
tinn To these events the association says:
sfExtra races will probably be given on nearly
ali tho days not announced as regular race
days from the beginning OF the hrst & 70 tho ,ho
fixed policy Of the association to give not less
than 100 races each season.
At Wards Corners Delaware county, In
diana, Alfred Bush owns q French stallion.
Since he purchased the animal, the latter has
shown u most vicious temper, and is unsafe
and dangerous to handle. Mr.. Bush has
son two years old, for whom the horse has
formed a great attachment, and the two frolic
together strangely Inc 9oy Wi VIII p,,t pHtt MS MS
tongue, seize his tail and swing with It, climb
lln his lers--in fact do whatever his childish
freaks prompt. For hours they thus play. 20
gether, the horse apparently enjoying " as
well as the boy, and, what is ainguiar the
boy Is with him, and is especially cautious
about iniurng the boy himself. ~
The 1tut, Field and Farm says; ,On
Wednesday afternoon Mr. Bonners bg W.
quarter track on MIR. Bonner's farm, 70
wagon, the driver and wagon Weighing 272
pounds. The performance was timed by two
gentlemen, both OF whom agreed as TO the
was trotted In 035a4. the half In Ill, the
three-ouarters In / As and the mile In 21s,
without skip In the entire distance
Louis Cooks gray mare was given triai
d full mile in .s2, first half In II, and last
half In :l5, SO she really trotted faster on
last half.
Gus Gldden the driver, has been suspend
cd by the Board Of Appeals until the :, Decem- , a
Der meeting Of the board for completely In
the fraudulent Edwin Forrest Edward Wood
ford MambrlnO race.
Official records show that for the year 1878
there wero In Great Britain 1856 thorough
bred brood mares, who produced 17S6 living
foals There were run during the year 1899
races, to which the money contributed from
all sources, as plates, cups, purses and added
money to stakes, amounted to the sum OF
$1,O95,s ,sos Al, while tho stakes were worth the
p. Loriilard does not intend to accept the
challenge Of Mr. Gretton. the owner OF the
English colt 1sonomy, to run him against Pa
role, at weight for age. over the last mile
and a half OF the Casarewitch course for $25,
600 O side. 1t is generally understood that
Mr.. Lorillard does not refuse from any fear
OF suffering defeat, but because the race
would Interfere with the engagements OF the
The programme OF the Saratoga Racing
Association embraces fifteen days and sixty
races. Seven days and twenty-eight races at
the first meeting, and eight days and thirty
tWQ races hG GIle HGGDuu IuC5blHks lu5 SlIiLS
added money to the stakes and purses at the
two meetings aggregate the sum Of $33,0O0.
The following horses have made 217 or
better: American Girl, 2.1GM; lGloster, 217
Goldsmith Maid. Ala; Hopeful, 214A; L'!-
ellie Golddust, 2fGA; Lulu, 2f5: Occident,
21694 Rarus, 21314; Smuggler, 2.15h.
The California mare, Mollie McCarty, has
come around right" again, and is running
III TIe American Jockey Club offers $4,000 in
purses and money, added to stakes, for %
races this season.
The heavy batting this season is not attrib-
utabe to improved skill on the part OF pro-
fessionals as much as TO the increased livell.
ness of the ball. Last year the rubber con
elasticity. The vulcanized rubber now In use
il not treated In this manner, and harder hits
with more frequent accidents is the result
One by one the catehers are suceumbing to
the enhanced difficulties or the work and the
club having the greatest number of available
men for that position will fare the best Gin
cinnati has four for the place White, Kelley
Hoatling and McVey, all OF whom are MS yet
and is seriously crippled In consequence, SC
much so that O postponement OF the past
weeks engagements with the Syracuse Stars
was asked. Riley, OF the Troys, was rem
dered useless In the first two games Ia which
liz played Holbert, Of the same club Ia un
able now to throw To second base. Brown, 81
the Providence team, Is under like disad
vantage. Larkin, OF the Chicagoes, Bradley,
of the Troys, both pithers, have been knocked
out of time by the lively ball, the former
having been hit on the head and the latter II
the stomach. These are but few OF the
many Instances, and 1t must not be forgotten
that the season has just begun.
The epast week has witnessed another chang
In the positions OF the League clubs In thu
championship race Chicago maintains The
lead, Boston has advanced to second, Cincin
natl is next, Buffalo and Syracuse follow will
an even score, while Cleveland and Troy
bring up the rear, having won single gam.
each and lost eight. During the coming weel
the Chcagos will meet In the Bostons th'
strongest opponents they have yet encoun
tered, and they will in all probability losetwt
games If not three. The Cinctnnatis, II they
play as we'll against the Providence as they
did In yesterdays game, will earn two vlcto
ries at least, and by doing 80 will take secone
place with Chicagos third. The games be
tween Cleveland and Troy will be like a wal
between cripples with the odds In favor d